Comments on: Drug Czar Kerlikowske on National Public Radio

By: Radical Russ

Radical Russ — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:27:19 +0000

America and New Zealand are the only countries where pharmaceutical ads are allowed. Studies show that if you ask your doctor for something you saw on TV, 70% of the time he will give it to you.

I say no ads for any drugs – alcohol included. Drugs sell themselves. Go ahead and advertise Viagra in a urological journal. Tell my doctor all about it. Then if he thinks I need it, he can push it on me, not my TV. What’s the point of having educated doctors and pharmacists being the gatekeepers for powerful drugs, but promoting the drugs to the least educated via TV?

By: Radical Russ

Radical Russ — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:23:24 +0000

I think the people who lost their 401ks and home values in the recent economic crash caused by financial deregulation might disagree.

By: High East

High East — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:18:33 +0000

I agree. We over legislate just about everything in our culture.

By: fallibilist

fallibilist — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:42:17 +0000

I think Brian in Iowa City is off-base.

If Pfizer wants to advertise Viagra on TV, what’s the harm? Who’s the victim?

The instinct to make too many rules is stubborn.

By: l preston

l preston — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:45:23 +0000

I will stop smoking pot when I can grow prozac in my backyard.

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By: Missippi Hippy

Missippi Hippy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:28:56 +0000

All I can say is…

We’re winning the war on drugs.

The public is becoming more aware of the lies they have been told over the last 7 decades.

By: Just Legalize It

Just Legalize It — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:21:01 +0000

im with that last guy…. i think ALL prescription drug advertising should be banned…. its EVERYWHERE!!! now sure, you cant go buy it without a prescription but all you have to do is look online for what to tell ur doc and boom! you got whatever you want. and you know the cost of all that advertising gets passed right down to the consumer in the form of higher health insurance premiums