How drug ads took over American TV and how we might stop them
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12 күн бұрынHow one British brand caused America’s invasion of tv drug ads
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@Jan_Iedema 10 күн бұрын
One of those American things that genuinely weirds me out.
@Bigdog5400 10 күн бұрын
Don’t worry, it freaks out and annoys most Americans as well.
@1isOneshot 10 күн бұрын
Wait till you have to talk about guns and controling them here
@amicableenmity9820 10 күн бұрын
We hate it too and make fun of them
@maylinde986 10 күн бұрын
One of those ...
@lajoyalobos2009 8 күн бұрын
*First commercial:* "...ask your doctor about being prescribed X." *Next commercial:* "Have you or a loved one taken drug X and experienced any of these side effects? Call Bob's Law Firm as you may be entitled to financial compensation." 😂
@Earthstorm84 10 күн бұрын
Pharmacist here in the UK (I work on GP premises though). The main issue is, as usual, private healthcare. If we do not think your request for a medication is justified, we just won't do it and so will do every other clinician. When healthcare is private, you don't only need to keep the patient healthy, but also the customer satisfied...
@monza1002000 10 күн бұрын
Rubbish! Private healthcare needs profits so pushes everything it can. NHS tries to keep you health, minium of drugs, supports healthy lifestyle, etc.
@cassieoz1702 10 күн бұрын
Here, even if you see a doc fee-for-service, they're not going to prescribe something that's not indicated. So, the issue isn't solely private Vs public medicine
@JasonAtlas 10 күн бұрын
Google "doctors get kickbacks for prescriptions* and you will find that is not true time and time again.
@JasonAtlas 9 күн бұрын
@@cassieoz1702 If you search up "Doctor gets kickbacks for prescriptions" I am sure there is not a lot of results. Like none at all. In fact don't even bother searching it up.
@raylouis7013 9 күн бұрын
@jishani1 I've never had to wait 2 weeks to be seen by a GP and there are wait times for non urgent procedures in the US.
@davidhyams2769 10 күн бұрын
TV ads for over-the-counter drugs, like ibuprofen or paracetamol or antihistamines are quite common on UK TV. Adverts for prescription drugs are banned.
@AshArAis 8 күн бұрын
Allergies and headaches/muscle/period pain are relatively universal, and generics are available. But trying to convince people that their life problems are to be cured by something they may not need, that's the slippery slope
@SirPoppy 8 күн бұрын
Lemsip!
@andyonions7864 8 күн бұрын
Well yeah. Non prescription stuff like cough syrup or nasal decongestants are in a different league though. I use whisky and honey for those latter ailments.
@GCOSBenbow 4 күн бұрын
@@andyonions7864 Hot toddy is the best cough medicine! I do like a cheeky lemsip though, as much as you're paying £1 for a paracetamol with some citric acid >.>
@alexandra1415 10 күн бұрын
I read the title as drag ads and was very confused for a second
@siloPIRATE 10 күн бұрын
So was I
@alexandra1415 10 күн бұрын
@@siloPIRATE I think the colourful thumbnail played into misreading it
@dizzystateofbliss 9 күн бұрын
😅
@AshArAis 8 күн бұрын
When I went to america, the tv ads were unsettling. Also, ads BEFORE the credits as well as after? Ads every 5 minutes? Insane
@Kim_Music_books_racing_fan 10 күн бұрын
I'd like to go one day without seeing one damn ad for prescription drugs. It's not just that it's for something I can't out and buy (like advil or zyrtec), but they're so over the top! Why would you ever be dancing in the streets because you got your plaque psoriasis under control?! ETA: Evan, I'd forgotten about that Head On commercial. It always played during Jeopardy.
@TheNeurodivergentFoodie 10 күн бұрын
I mean, plaque psoriasis sucks, esp if it's bad enough you need a biologic. But my guess to the dancing in the streets part is that you were a theater kid.
@teschchr122 9 күн бұрын
Actually these advertisers show you radiant and living your best life after you take these drugs. Sone peoples best life would be dancing n the streets
@user-vn1di4oq4w 8 күн бұрын
It's simple. Turn off the TV. I havent had tv in 20 yrs. Whenever I see ads on someone elses it reminds me why
@SkylarLee643 9 күн бұрын
I’m a mental health therapist and one of the offices I worked at actually advertised free lunch in their job descriptions. It came from pharma reps. Therapists can’t prescribe and aren’t supposed to make medication recommendations beyond “I think you should talk to a prescriber about medication options for [diagnosis]” but the pharma reps would say “well you can’t get in trouble for saying you’ve heard some people respond well to a certain medication as long as you clarify you’re not making a recommendation.” The whole thing felt so slimy. I never did recommend anything to clients beyond talking to a prescriber. But the lunches were always very “hey we’re helping you with food you help us by getting the word out about these meds”
@martianpudding9522 10 күн бұрын
I think it would make me feel really anxious about the quality of the Healthcare, like why would my doctor need my input on what to prescibe? I sure hope they'd know better?
@thomaxtube 10 күн бұрын
But they don’t,🤷🥼 they’re being shown same ads by bought and paid for d-rug reps, who get paid to tell them what’s good. ITS SIMPLE: A Biological organic ancient human body cannot be “fixed” nor healed with petrochemicals and their novel synthetic derivatives. Nature doesn’t work like that - and most doctors really don’t know this. It’s not part of their schooling system. Any holistic/ functional/ intuitive/ “alternative”/ natural / or experienced : healer on the planet knows this tho. So best don’t ask your doctor at all, and ask some of the “alternatives” instead. Or do your own research. and best throw away your TV too, the program there is also bought and paid for by the same d-rug makers. Be well namaste 🙏
@SkylarLee643 9 күн бұрын
I mean… I have bipolar and have asked my doctor about a specific med for it after a couple of the ones they tried didn’t give the effect we wanted. But I didn’t ask based on ads (though I’m in the US and have seen adverts for bipolar meds all the time). I asked based on what I knew worked for a family member.
@jwb52z9 9 күн бұрын
Americans had to learn not to treat doctors as if they have all the answers.
@kated442 10 күн бұрын
I remember the HeadOn ad, my family was sitting at the dinner and we all just looked at each other like “wtf?” as it went on and on and on
@AlphaFrags 9 күн бұрын
Another influencing factor here in the UK is that it is considered bad practice and against NICE guidelines for health care setting to use the brand names of drugs in their records. Your surgery, pharmacy, care home or whatever will prescribe and administer paracetamol or fluoxitine, not Tylenol or Prozac. This makes it even harder for those drug companies to gain any sort of prominence in healthcare settings. This is true even in private settings.
@riverAmazonNZ 10 күн бұрын
Ok in New Zealand we do have some, but it’s mild compared to America, mostly just for things you can buy over the counter like ibuprofen.
@OriginalPiMan 10 күн бұрын
I'm guessing New Zealand has some of those same restrictions that America used to have, which would make the advertising possible but impractical.
@brooklynseder 10 күн бұрын
Oh wow, a government doing the responsible thing!?!?! That's a very foreign concept to me as an American. Good on ya, NZ.
@y_fam_goeglyd 10 күн бұрын
OTC drugs can be advertised in the UK, but I think the companies know that if they overdo the advertising, it will backfire! We'll be more inclined to never buy them, no matter what!
@MERCHIODOS 9 күн бұрын
Thats the same thing with Australia.
@kiwihib 9 күн бұрын
Used to be a bit for Viagra when it first came out.
@rachelhyatt5766 10 күн бұрын
Pharmaceutical companies being able to advertise is terrible
@listerofsmeg884 9 күн бұрын
why?
@ksc743 10 күн бұрын
No pharmaceutical ads allowed on South African tv but I'm in the health profession so eating healthy is important to me, but which ads do I get most on my tv? Junk food ads! Which is as bad as promoting pharma imo.
@cpmahon 10 күн бұрын
So I've learnt from your video that Boots and indirectly the British that started advertising prescription medication in the States. Now that's a hard pill to swallow! An informative and entertaining video, thanks.
@katrinabryce 9 күн бұрын
Boots is owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance which also owns Walgreens.
@wessexdruid7598 9 күн бұрын
Since when was ibuprofen a prescribed medication? It's always been sold over the counter, without prescription.
@katrinabryce 9 күн бұрын
@@wessexdruid7598 Before 1983 in the UK and 1984 in the US, it was prescription only.
@ChristopherPhan 9 күн бұрын
@@wessexdruid7598 it wasn’t otc until 1984
@Paul-zk2tn 9 күн бұрын
Walgreens bought Boots in 2012, not the other way around.
@TonyP_Yes-its-Me 9 күн бұрын
I worked at a hospital, here in the UK, and almost every pen and post-it note used to have an ad for a drug company on it. Not so much now, though. I went to a party in the 90's, that was officially a "promotional" event for a drug company, aimed at Doctors. It was actually a piss-up with a small stand in the corner for the company, that everyone was ignoring. The company had sponsored the "event", and had a rep to answer questions, that no-one asked.
@KiraFriede 9 күн бұрын
There are still conventions that are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.
@julia2jules 9 күн бұрын
I was admin in a hospital pharmacy, the drug lunches were where we got our stationery supplies! When hospital stopped them due to stricter rules, we had to start buying stationery. I’m still using a 15 year old black ballpoint advertising seroquel, how it is still working is beyond me!
@donohirst 8 күн бұрын
As an accent chameleon myself (born in London, became an adult Leicester, now live in Newcastle) its amusing hearing you slowly turn into Lloyd Grossman!
@philiptaylor7902 8 күн бұрын
That’s a bit saucy!
@jfwfreo 9 күн бұрын
In Australia ads for over-the-counter drugs (including things like over-the-counter paracetamol, over-the-counter ibuprofen, over-the-counter cold & flu stuff etc etc) are perfectly legal but ads for anything prescription are banned and that's how it should be.
@KiraFriede 9 күн бұрын
Yes. Same in Germany. Most of what Evan referred to were over the counter medication though, that confused me.
@TheEulerID 7 күн бұрын
@@KiraFriede In 1983 when that Boots advert was produced I don't think Ibuprofen was an over-the-counter drug in the USA. Oddly the advertisement never claimed any medical benefit; it was just about the price comparison.
@NopeNopeNopetyNope 10 күн бұрын
I'm American, and my favorite ad by far was this: Do you suffer from spontaneously shitting your pants? Sudden explosions in the rear? Frequent code browns? Take Gabbagooey today! Side effects may include ferocious farts and explosive diarrhea.
@noefillon1749 9 күн бұрын
Was it for real ?!!
@AidanMacgregor-Personal 9 күн бұрын
I know, please tell me it is 😂@@noefillon1749
@Sagealeena 8 күн бұрын
Halfway through the video I realised the irony of refilling my medication organiser while I watched this… Prescription meds can’t be in ads in Australia, but over the counter meds can be.
@StephenGoddard-lp8tg 10 күн бұрын
The “bacronym” editor note. Brings me a lot of peace
@WayneKitching 9 күн бұрын
As a non-American, the Clarityne and Head-On commercials looked to me like they were from from a futuristic movie/TV show like Brave New World, Demolition Man, 5th Element or Idiocracy.
@christinegivens9048 8 күн бұрын
Don’t even have a TV. No license. I opted out. No comms! But it’s ridiculous in US. I moved here from US in 2010. Love your channel, Evan! ❤
@MERCHIODOS 9 күн бұрын
In Australia the ads / commercial for drugs you see on TV are always over the counter ones like Panadol (Tylenol) or Zyrtec (Loratadine).
@chenilleoneil1289 9 күн бұрын
What does ‘over the counter,’ mean?
@MERCHIODOS 9 күн бұрын
@@chenilleoneil1289 over the counter means you don't need a prescription
@user-rb6vy2fg2h 8 күн бұрын
@@chenilleoneil1289non prescription drugs.
@kathryn4936 6 күн бұрын
@@chenilleoneil1289 They're drugs that don't require a prescription from a doctor to get.
@nance1111 9 күн бұрын
I think this is one of the reasons healthcare is so expensive in the US. Yep, someone has to pay for all those ads and lobbying. The result of the ads is that people do demand drugs from their doctor after seeing the ads. It's caused shortages because folks want the drugs for things they weren't developed for like the diabetes drugs now being used for weight loss. It all a bit of a dumpster fire. Allowing corporations to have the same rights as people (14th Amendment expanded interpretation) has been horrendous!
@pogglefishii6807 9 күн бұрын
To a Brit this makes no sense. If you’re sick beyond something that an over-the-counter drug can fix then you visit a doctor and then they use their *actual medical knowledge* to decide what (if any) drugs you need. There’s very little competition between brands because if you sell to the NHS (and in the UK you aren’t in business if you don’t) then you get whatever the NHS decides to pay (and no more) and so do all your rivals.
@terryhayward7905 10 күн бұрын
We get cheaper drugs in the UK partly because the price does not include the 5 Billion Dollars spent on advertising. I really do not understand why America cannot see this. The only advertising done in the UK for drugs, is personal advertising to doctors about new drugs that they might be interested in. Also, Pharma companies do not spend as much on bribing government ministers. ( note "not as much" )
@jwb52z9 9 күн бұрын
Drug development costs are also passed on to the consumer because the developers want to make their money back plus some.
@cadifan 9 күн бұрын
In New Zealand only "over the counter" drugs can be advertised, prescription only drugs cannot. What prescription drugs you get is up to your doctor. And even over the counter drugs ads are not prolific.
@workaholica 8 күн бұрын
I am seeing more and more ads here that tell explicitely tell me NOT to see a doctor, but directly buy their product to cure everything from diabetes to cancer. As an EU citizen, I find it irritating to see the responsibility to identify illegal advertisement dumped onto the community instead of the platform checking the legality of ads beforehand.
@leonb2637 9 күн бұрын
Sadly our TV, cable and dish commercial channels will never agree to a ban on them as addicted to the revenues.
@lorrygoth 10 күн бұрын
As a Canadian, I often forget how many US drug adds I saw when I was little.
@TheOnlyTaps 9 күн бұрын
Great watch. Very much something thats very north American. Grew up in Zimbabwe and we had the occasional ad but yeah traveling and living in North America as a whole i got used to seeing basically every other ad be some pharmaceutical related ad with a thousand disclaimers at the end 😂 that little section they always rush through all the side effects lmao
@NotThatOneThisOne 9 күн бұрын
The idea that anyone would 'ask their doctor' for a drug they saw on tv and get it is incredible.
@mchparity 9 күн бұрын
It's milder, but yes I can see them in New Zealand. On TV as well as KZfaq.
@stacy9538 8 күн бұрын
I was in the US recently visiting my boyfriend and the ads for drugs on tv really agreivates my health anxiety by listing side effects of everything lol 😆 and i noticed sometimes the side effects were the very thing that the drug was trying to stop in the first place 😅
@jakecrocker4006 9 күн бұрын
The only drug add I remember seeing in the uk are ones that tell you not to take suff if you don't need it. In the UK
@Joe-xc2nz 10 күн бұрын
been patiently waiting for this vid !
@fayesouthall6604 10 күн бұрын
I read US magazines occasionally like US Weekly or Rolling Stone, the medical ads in these are crazy 😝
@SkylarLee643 9 күн бұрын
Yeah I’ve never seen a US magazine without multiple full page medication ads
@fayesouthall6604 9 күн бұрын
@@SkylarLee643 It’s crazy
@musicalconnie6216 9 күн бұрын
The problem is that drug companies are incentivised by profit which means keeping people dependent on drugs rather than actually making them better. Medications can be life-saving and are absolutely necessary in some cases, but if there is an option that will allow people to reduce/come off medications they should at least be given that choice as there are always side effects.
@Derek_Read 9 күн бұрын
One of your best Evan. Well done. Next level unlocked.
@evan 9 күн бұрын
Well this to me felt like one of my most rushed! I came up with this, wrote, filmed, edited, and uploaded this in such a short amount of time it made me feel like I really need more time on the next one. But weekly schedule demands a video!
@ricequin 10 күн бұрын
Weirdly enough the current U.K. version of Head On (4Head) actually does something for headaches because it contains menthol which creates a cooling sensation on the forehead which distracts from the pain in the same way that the pain of scratching distracts from an itch.
@BrandonLeeBrown 10 күн бұрын
HeadOn also has menthol. It is for treating migraine headaches only. Homeopathic and placebo are two different things. Homeopathic treatments don't have as wide a following in America as they do in Europe.
@jwb52z9 9 күн бұрын
@@BrandonLeeBrown I think on some rare occasions, like this product being talked about, our Evan just assumes he knows things when he doesn't. It's a problem with a number of very smart people.
@IncubiAkster 9 күн бұрын
@@BrandonLeeBrown Homeopathic and placebo are the same thing
@myra0224 9 күн бұрын
So is it basically like those Vicks pots used when you have a cold?
@rambling964 9 күн бұрын
@@IncubiAkster I mean, not strictly accurate. All homeopathic is placebo, but not all placebo is homeopathic.
@mickeleh 7 күн бұрын
Bravo! Love the premise, research, presentation and production value. Also, the haircut. Onward!
@markieman64 9 күн бұрын
That and lawyers. Big culture shock when visiting the US for the first time in April.
@Matthew-mj5wo 10 күн бұрын
Been waiting all day for this
@evan 10 күн бұрын
you are SO EARLY
@lawrenceglaister4364 9 күн бұрын
@@evan , what used to make me smile was when Americans having moved to the UK have to go to the hospital / doctors and tell the doctor what they wanted and were totally shocked when the doctor actually said no 😂😂 but to be fair mostly they just go with the doctor and love it when if private their medicine is changed to a far cheaper one or stopped all together .
@jmurray1110 10 күн бұрын
I am so glad we don’t have these things
@Lepewhi 9 күн бұрын
I was in the US staying with a friend last Spring. I was shocked by how many adds about drugs were on TV. I had never heard about the diseases they were to cure. And they all say, 'ask your doctor'. I mean, isn't it your doctor's job to prescribe any needed medicine? I mean, about 10mins of a show and about 5 different adds for drug. I was shocked, my friend hardly noticed. No wonder so many people are on so many drugs. And drugs cost so much money in the US.
@chelled.4622 10 күн бұрын
forgot all about "HEAD ON" Loved the editing Evan
@allanjmcpherson 10 күн бұрын
Great video! Now I know to ask my doctor about Placeboprufen. I do have those vaguely defined symptoms that are a totally normal part of being human!
@STORMDAME 9 күн бұрын
I use a VPN to convince Amazon that I live in The USA so I can use American Freevee. The amount of drug ads on that channel is nuts to someone watching from the UK
@dalkay 10 күн бұрын
You have a great channel ❤️🦆
@sugoruyo 9 күн бұрын
Citizens United is the most insane thing I've ever heard out of SCOTUS and, given some of the justices on there, that's saying something.
@Liamshavingfun 10 күн бұрын
I remember Head on commercial thinking its was very annoying
@sarahvarela3558 8 күн бұрын
Thanks for helping my daughter find her happy place💝
@hikikomori69 9 күн бұрын
Omg that Head On commercial lol. Memories…
@AnthonyBrown12324 8 күн бұрын
the only problem is non prescription drugs can be advertised in UK . This can lead to people to being conned into buying expensive branded drugs as they exaggerate their effectiveness . now you can buy expensive treatments for heartburn , which may delay a person getting treatment for a more serious condition , that may need medical intervention . Certainly the low dose codeine drugs have been a problem because they encourage over dosage as they contain a below therapeutic amount to help with serious pain and contain 500mg of paracetamol in each tablet . again self medication may delay somebody seeking medical advice
@AlasdairGordon-Finlayson 10 күн бұрын
Not just the States - oddly, New Zealand is the only other country which allows direct-to-public advertising of prescription medications. Really took me by surprise when I was visiting my in-laws a while ago. There have been calls to end it, but not sure how successful they've been.
@imaginekudryavka9485 9 күн бұрын
I love these kinda videos of yours the most, where you delve into some strange aspect of life either in America or Britain, or both. Not quite a deep dive, but not shallow either - _mid,_ perhaps?
@drama_doctor 10 күн бұрын
I was just lurking to see where your upload was😂🎉
@TalesOfWar 10 күн бұрын
Same lol. I hit refresh and nothing. I thought maybe he was taking a break. Hit refresh again a few moments later and saw this was posted 6 minutes ago lol.
@CrazyTobster 10 күн бұрын
You can just delete your internet history to all time and your web browser will forget what you were looking at. This is a great video!
@gabor6259 10 күн бұрын
Or use a browser other than Chrome and a search engine other than Google.
@myra0224 9 күн бұрын
@@gabor6259Like Yahoo? Because that one is just absolutely terrible. I'd like for the things to actually show up that I'm looking for
@danielintheantipodes6741 10 күн бұрын
Nothing surprises me. Nothing. Lots of things still shock me, but nothing surprises me. Thank you for the video!
@faequeenapril6921 7 күн бұрын
Those adverts are wild, its not even informing people its literally "you want to buy drugs buy this"
@KarrierBag 10 күн бұрын
I am glad we don't get all these adverts in the UK, saying that, I take 26 legal prescribed tablets (8 different meds) a day and at 56 years old I thought I had gone through my drug fuelled daze back in the 80s / early 90s but no and now can't work, can't drive or much at all..... Oh well I have had a very full life so cannot complain.
@charlesrobinson9881 9 күн бұрын
You don’t understand. There are two reasons for the ads FIRST it costs hundreds of millions of dollars perhaps billions to bring a new drug markeThen once it is approved the company has a patent monopoly for a limited period of time. After that other companies can produce the drug without paying anything for the research and development. So to recover its investment, the company must sell as much as possible in that short period of the Patent monopoly. So it advertises to bring that to the attention of possible patients.SECOND Even after millions spent for research and testing, some people have reactions even to the most beneficial of drugs. In the event of a bad reaction, a lawsuit will be filed, and the lawyer will argue that the company knew that some people would have reactions and didn’t earn the patients And should be punished for not warning the public. So one purpose of the ads is to warn the public about all the possible side effects to avoid punitive damages in the event of a bad reaction.
@wessexdruid7598 9 күн бұрын
When was Ibuprofen ever a prescription drug?? It has always been an OTC sale - only restricted in quantity and dosage being sold.
@listerofsmeg884 9 күн бұрын
Same with antihistamine. Not saying the US ads aren't way over the top and excessive, but i really don't think he knows what he's talking about.
@mblabezza 9 күн бұрын
Damn haven’t seen you on my subs in ages dude, great video! Fantastic infact.
@evan 9 күн бұрын
Thanks! Still chugging along
@Caerdan 10 күн бұрын
I love how after this serious video about the marketing of prescription drugs, the next video KZfaq wants to play me from Evan is 'The crazy shit Americans say on Reddit' 😂 I love how you've bucked the trend and gained a following whilst keeping your topics so broad.
@listerofsmeg884 9 күн бұрын
after watching a couple of videos of a guy watching UK comedy shows i'm now constantly being recommended 'American reacts to ...' vids.
@Luzarioth 9 күн бұрын
I find it more weird that People still watch TV than that there are ads for drugs ^^*
@Mr-pn2eh 10 күн бұрын
I hate drug ads I reject all drugs advertised on TV and the internet
8 күн бұрын
That Claritin ad is a fever dream 😅
@SkylarLee643 9 күн бұрын
That HeadOn commercial was a memory I didn’t know I had 😂 to be fair I use Burt’s Bees on my forehead/temples and the back of my neck when I’m getting a migraine… but it’s the peppermint oil in it that gives me a little bit of relief… and it’s def not a cure
@DorifutoRabbit 7 күн бұрын
I thought of the head on/4 head advert as soon as you started describing this type of advert, I think they used almost the exact same advert in the UK and it became a meme
@ausnetscience 9 күн бұрын
It’s always seemed strange to me that the US allows adds for prescription medication. I guess that’s what happens when profit takes priority over health.
@chrisnewman7281 10 күн бұрын
VPN has its rewards sometimes out a curiosity. I switch my point of presence to the US just to see what I’m missing out on and then I realise that I’m not missing out on anything terribly important and switch back to my Home country.
@andyonions7864 8 күн бұрын
Amazing Boots started it all. It's crazy that a consumer must know what medication they require rather than an MD. It's like when UK GP's love it when patients turn up with their Google diagnoses in hand.
@brooklynseder 10 күн бұрын
TELL EM WHATS GOOD EVAN!
@MrJimheeren 7 күн бұрын
We have adds for medication here in the Netherlands as well. But only for over the counter drugs (Advil and stuff like that)
@xandercruz900 8 күн бұрын
How? It's called people stop watching regular TV. Advertisers pulled out, and the only thing that was left were the usual ads you got on Daytime TV. Medical ads, Insurance, GED programs, payday loans, and lawyers. Now that it is mainly older people, it is all health-related ads. Every time I visit my parents, that is literally all the ads they have on. Saw the trend back in 2005 when the quality of ads were starting to look cheaper and more tacky. Money was leaving, and now it is pretty much all gone.
@emjmar 10 күн бұрын
I’ve been humbly waiting for your opinion on this for way too long 😅
@klimtkahlo 10 күн бұрын
I have seen adds for meds in Portugal now too! The horror!
@dontknowdocare 9 күн бұрын
It's incomprehensible hat they're incentivizing patients with zero medical knowledge to tell doctors who have studied medicine for years to obtain their licence what to prescribe them.
@maysci6400 10 күн бұрын
They're literally illegal in most places.
@HaurakiVet 7 күн бұрын
Pharmaceutical ads on TV in NZ are so rare that I can't recall seeing any that so it does not seem to be so effective. However, as we have a health system in which prescriptions are, with very few exceptions, free at point of collection (pharmacies), competition is minimal as drugs are purchased by a govt. agency, Pharmac. A which, by buying in large quantities keeps their purchase price low, so reducing the overall cost of providing health services.
@Wolfgangtailchase 8 күн бұрын
The drug ads are so weird(i know they have to be due to a liability perspective) but you get half the ad talking about how amazing the drug use, then half the ad talking about all the side effects that are most times worse then what the drug should fix (not from the US ,but have been there on vacation several times)
@LeftyPencil 8 күн бұрын
I remember when Head-on made fun of itself with someone yelling Enough
@wendymacilree3228 9 күн бұрын
Yeah New Zealand has a few but it is quite rare.
@TheEulerID 7 күн бұрын
Ibuprofen is an over-the-counter drug in the UK (but in controlled amounts), and it's also OTC in the USA. However, in 1983, when that advertisement was produced, I suspect that wasn't the case. The advertisement did not, by the way, claim any medical benefits; it was purely about a price comparison.
@KinHallen 9 күн бұрын
We have them here in Canada too
@coxroach1 10 күн бұрын
UK based, just back from a week in NYC, my family loved the ads, the dark comedy levels are off the scale - "we can stop you having a sniffle but your eyes will fall out, but hey, no runny nose!" LOL! However, comedy aside, very bad!
@Phoenix-in-flight 8 күн бұрын
🇦🇺 A constant barrage of life insurance commercials on Australian commercial tv pushed me to a KZfaq premium subscription service. Life is so much better without ads. 😊
@punditgi 10 күн бұрын
American exceptionalism! USA! USA! USA! 🇺🇸 Let's hope the MAGA acolytes don't win in November. Pray for us! 😮
@RM-ti8nf 10 күн бұрын
I would if I believed prayer would make any difference.
@gabor6259 10 күн бұрын
What about R. F. Kennedy Jr.?
@almostyummymummy 10 күн бұрын
What's prayer going to do? Make it all magically go away?
@abyssal_phoenix 9 күн бұрын
That's insane.. I'm used to seeint some ads for over the counter stuff, usually homepathic stuff that is supposed to help with sleep or hayfever etc...
@joshc-dev 10 күн бұрын
i love you evan
@rachelhyatt5766 10 күн бұрын
So strange America allows this
@A-se2ur 10 күн бұрын
$$$ talks!
@jwb52z9 9 күн бұрын
I think I would have been unnerved before the internet if I couldn't easily find out about a drug before I took it.
@giopreda 9 күн бұрын
In my country it’s legal as long as the product is not an actual drug. We have a shit ton of ads for saline nasal sprays and vitamin C supplements, but they’re not really that frequent compared to cell provider ads. I once saw 7 back-to-back-to-back ads for the same cell provider, it was crazy.
@dshapiro5315 9 күн бұрын
One of the things that’s most interesting (and kind of horrifying) about this stuff is what happens when pharmaceutical companies *don’t* directly bribe physicians. A lot of times, it looks much more like drug reps bringing free lunch to the office, and being personable. Drug reps are encouraged to have strong, trusting, interpersonal relationships with doctors, so then when they promote their drugs, it’s like a friend recommending you something. Who cares if theres an identical generic for half the price? My best bud the drug rep says I should prescribe this name brand instead! Crazy stuff.
@leonb2637 9 күн бұрын
Some pharma companies would hire former female college cheerleaders as has the looks and personality to be attractive to the mostly male doctors.
@robertwilloughby8050 3 сағат бұрын
The comedian John Bishop was a drug rep. Yeah, figures, I guess!
@sarasate89 9 күн бұрын
So how long until social media influencers in the US are pushing prescription medications on their followers?
@tutacat 4 күн бұрын
"This £10 luncheon is only worth £6 because it comes from us"
@seijika46 9 күн бұрын
Regulation and red tape tends to get a bad rap and so many politicians trumpet the removal of it but there always tends to be an overwhelming reason for it - usually to hog tie powerful interests from doing as they please. I really woke up to its importance after being utterly wrecked by the 2008 financial crisis and finding out just how much deregulation was at the root of the sheer scale of the disaster (and the ability of those responsible to escape any consequences for it). A great deal of justification by Brexiteers for their anti-EU position was also bitter complaints about regulation and red tape, saying how they impeded personal freedom and trade opportunities - with increasing delays at the border and shortages of important supplies (particularly medicines), not to mention fears over allowing US-style toxic/dangerous food and drink to be sold in the name of getting trade deals - the old regulations and red tape really don't seem too bad.
@icychill105 10 күн бұрын
It would be nice if america did away with this, constant bombardments of ozempic ads while on lunch and every laundry list of bad side effects like thoughts of suicide to help basic things that only a doctor should really be prescribing
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