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Originally Posted by Rick Lee
I don't know if you see these American drug company commercials on tv in Europe, but we are bombarded with them, and they list all kinds of negative side effects, often making me wonder which disease is worse than that "cure." If not for tv ads, I'd have never heard of any of these drugs. I think they're intended to prompt consumers to ask their doctors about or to prescribe them for them. But they are pretty forthcoming about the side effects - thoughts of suicide, blindness, dry mouth, impotence, seizures - you name it. They are read off aloud at the end of each of those commercials.
So I have to put this back on the prescribing doctors. The drug makers can't write scripts. They can only send their hot female sales reps to the doctors' offices to convince them that their drug is better than another one already out there. What company doesn't do this? The FDA and DEA need to do a better job of policing this where the scripts get written.
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We only have limited advertisements here, for over the counter stuff.
the crap that doesn't do anything like painkiller ointment with 1 or 2% diclofenac (voltaren) in it, that supposedly will relieve you of joint and back pain but in reality only costs money and makes yer skin stick to your clothes.
Advertisement industry is much bigger in the US then it is here.
Again, the big companies have big lobbiest that ensure your politicians don't vote laws limiting their marketing and thus sales.
Until a few years ago it was illegal for lawyers to advertise here in Belgium, that only changed in recent years through some EU ruling.
But in general lawyers refrain from advertisments stating they think it demeans the way they as lawyers portray themselves and they don't wanna stoop to that level. (I can't say that without laughing)
Even Porsche, does not advertise here. They think it's beneath them to advertise like the common car brands.