I was at a convention years ago where one of the speakers spent 50 minutes listing the side effects of a new drug. One of the funniest routines I’ve ever heard.
Exactly. Notice, they never tell you the price. I just love it when they tell you the new diseases you don’t have but can get from the drug being advertised.
At the end of my last visit to my doctor, she asked me if I had any questions. I replied that since I was last here, I been told to ask you …. and I rattled off the names of 7 or 8 different drugs pushed over TV etc and concluded my question with "are any of these are right for me? She laughed and said, “I’ll see you again in 6 months”.
dadthedawg Premium Member almost 3 years ago
So, how many benefits are good for you?…..
byamrcn almost 3 years ago
Anybody else remember the good old days when prescription meds couldn’t advertise on TV?
Coopersdad almost 3 years ago
My favorite part of the commercials is……“Don’t take this medication if you are allergic to it or any of it’s ingredients”.
wiatr almost 3 years ago
IMHO, these commercials violate medical ethics.
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member almost 3 years ago
And give it a name that’s unpronounceable.
littlejohn Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Will the Doctor get a “kick-back” if he proscribes it?
Imagine almost 3 years ago
Are you kidding? Any responsible person would get medical advice from their favourite politician. Wait until I’ve asked him / her.
knittyditty almost 3 years ago
How about, ask if this drug treats the side effects of this other drug?
Bill.Franklin almost 3 years ago
Knowing what the side effects are would be an improvement…..
Display almost 3 years ago
“Yes, Hideo, you have Farmer’s Lung… related to Hartman’s Palsy, formerly known as Strassman’s Syndrome, the only cure for which is death.”
- The Firesign Theatre, and from 50 years ago but fits right in with all the drug ads today.
gopher gofer almost 3 years ago
i’d ask my doctor, but i’m old enough to not trust swindlers…
tripwire45 almost 3 years ago
Big Pharm’s got to make its big bucks somehow.
Ichabod Ferguson almost 3 years ago
The donut hole will make that decision for me.
david_42 almost 3 years ago
I was at a convention years ago where one of the speakers spent 50 minutes listing the side effects of a new drug. One of the funniest routines I’ve ever heard.
prrdh almost 3 years ago
And remember that that’s 12,589 known side effects.
LeftCoastKen Premium Member almost 3 years ago
And at least a half dozen of those side effects are the same as, except more severe than, the condition the drug is supposed to treat.
Gandalf almost 3 years ago
If the doctor is receiving his bribes, he’ll prescribe it in any case… just to be on the ‘safe side’… His insurance of making enough money policy.
Linguist almost 3 years ago
What doesn’t kill ya, will maybe cure ya, but in any case, it’ll still make Big Pharma rich.
ilikai almost 3 years ago
The FDA seems to think so
hooglah almost 3 years ago
Exactly. FDA is owned by the pharmaceutical companies.
Snolep almost 3 years ago
Clearly one needs to get their medical advice, such as whether to get vaccinated, from social media.
hawkeyec Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Exactly. Notice, they never tell you the price. I just love it when they tell you the new diseases you don’t have but can get from the drug being advertised.
KEA almost 3 years ago
My reaction is nearly always… “I already have all those side effects, what do I need … for?”
paranormal almost 3 years ago
The side effects are worse than the disease…
WormDoc almost 3 years ago
At the end of my last visit to my doctor, she asked me if I had any questions. I replied that since I was last here, I been told to ask you …. and I rattled off the names of 7 or 8 different drugs pushed over TV etc and concluded my question with "are any of these are right for me? She laughed and said, “I’ll see you again in 6 months”.
Buckeye67 almost 3 years ago
Let’s face it, some drugs are a crap shoot.
ren31 almost 3 years ago
Do I really want to take a drug for eczema that may give me tuberculosis?
heathcliff2 almost 3 years ago
The next commercial is the latest class action lawsuit.
raybarb44 almost 3 years ago
I think the announcer means ask your Attorney……
Kirk Barnes Premium Member almost 3 years ago
“…and a name that is unpronounceable with a human tongue and larynx.”
MarshaOstroff almost 3 years ago
All of the above comments make happier than ever that I haven’t had a TV for many years!
Pisces almost 3 years ago
Good Job Gary/Susie. This comic is right on point – what’s gonna kill ya first, the decease or the projected cure?
Display almost 3 years ago
https://youtu.be/iJkESCLs004
mistercatworks almost 3 years ago
That sounds like at least an hour infomercial with the side effect disclaimer taking 59 minutes.
GiantShetlandPony almost 3 years ago
Viagra?
oakie817 almost 3 years ago
one of the possible side effects of a new drug they’ve been showing on television, is death
Teto85 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Must be a third rate sh!t hole country that allows pharmaceutical adverts.