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Darude Sandstorm (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 48 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

Still find it weird you guys have adverts on tv for medication.

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  • [–] 26 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    I went to a hotel and watched cable recently and it's, no joke, 85%+ drug commercials. Just endless ads with disgusting side effects read over happy images.

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  • [–] 14 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    There's basically two side effect profiles:

    1. It makes you fat, sleepy, confused, constipated / diarrhea / both, and your genitals stop working, but possibly in a different way than your usual everyday hell so maybe it'll be a little better?

    2. It only has one side effect that only happens 0.00001% of the time: instant horrifyingly painful death.

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  • [–] 9 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    Even living in the US (but being on Lemmy and therefore knowing computers and hating advertising) getting stuck watching cable TV at a relative's house can be a real "boring dystopia" experience.

    It can be genuinely disturbing when you realize the majority of the ads you've seen were for ONLY medication and gambling.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

    It's fucking wild that seeing a car commercial is refreshing in that it's just an actual product.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    Apparently car commercials aren't even really meant to sell cars. Their main purpose is to make people feel good about the car they just bought (and are making enormous monthly payments on) so that they buy the same make of car next time.

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  • [–] 8 points 16 hours ago* (1 child)

    Who do you even advertise to in the UK if you want to sell your new med? 🤔 Is there like a specific person sitting in the NHS whose job it is to scout for new drugs?

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  • [–] 18 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    You just rock up and say, "I need something for this" and they give it to you. Otherwise a doctor prescribes it. And it's cheap.

    Companies will advertise approved drugs to medical boards to be distributed down to doctors. So medical professionals decide what the best options are. There's no taking drugs just because it was on TV.

    Considering Americans lag behind the developed world in life expectancy and general health, I think it's safe to say the drug industry is only there to make money and it certainly causes harm, ironically.

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  • [–] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    Well yes but I meant if you are a pharma company and want the NHS to cinsider your new med

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  • [–] 3 points 8 hours ago

    You have a lobbying meeting with people from various NHS trusts, and advertise directly to them one-to-one, then things go into further tests/trials and may be chosen as one of the solutions/options to a particular ailment.

    You can then pay some sort of additional bribe/special offer directly to doctors to be the preferred option for that particular ailment.

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