Having insomnia I found the Lunesta commercials cruel. They are typically played in the evening when people are trying to wind down. They were longer than most ads. The ads remind you of all the things that can keep you up at night and how crappy you feel in the morning. A person with insomnia who is trying to relax doesn't need to be reminded of all that. I got to the point where I just muted the TV when the ads came on and left the room so I would see that stupid green butterfly. I told my doctor I was doing this and he agreed. I've noticed recently Lunesta has changed their ads somewhat. I still mute them.
My question:
Do you think it was a bad idea to alow pharmaceutical to be advertised on TV? Afterall it's not just a toy. It's something that directly affects health and study after study has been done showing the brainwashing effect many TV ads have.
Also, when categorizing this question, why do I have to choose search engine options under advertising& mkting?
2006-10-02 02:26:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Advertising & Marketing ➔ Search Engine Optimization
2006-10-02 02:40:23
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It's pretty obvious that the pharmaceutical industry is more interested in profits than ethical practices.
I recall a commercial for a drug, where the commercial did not even tell you what it was for. It just suggested that you need to go ask for it from your doctor. In that doctors get kick backs from the industry for all the meds they prescribe, this seems all a bit too unethical to me.
I'm put off by the commercials that suggest that if you are shy around large groups of people, then there is something wrong with you and you need their meds, (and dangerous meds at that. These antidepressents can have severe side effects in some people).
Here is a bit of news for the drug companies. People are different. They react to drugs different, and they react to large groups of people different. There are many personality tests out there, the most popular is Myers-Briggs. Introverts do not do well in large groups. That is their personality type, and not a disease for which they need meds. Since this is reasonably common knowledge among so called health professinals, how can any doctor with any degree of ethical standards possibly let a patient believe they have a disease that needs meds for?
10 years previous and already into bare-knuckle combating! the fact is that youngsters get jaded by potential of photograph violence and don't react to it in genuine life. And to the quantity that they understand that what they see on television or the vast show isn't genuine, they don't understand that genuine injuries are painful and specifically everlasting. interior the previous days, the violence became into extra generally implied (the classic occasion being "The undesirable Seed", with Henry Jones, supposedly in flames, basically shown as a column of smoke racing backward and forward around the backyard). Now, the extra photograph the "extra valuable," with particular outcomes to the rescue. according to probability some day the pendulum will swing back to artistry.
2016-10-15 10:38:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, drug ads like that are creating a country of hypochondriacs. Why are they showing these ads to me anyway? I can't buy them. I'm not a Dr. Half the time I don't even know what they are for. The one I hate is the one for people who have herpes. Kill me.
2006-10-02 02:35:42 · answer #3 · answered by jymsis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It must be working as they aren't going away. The target for these drugs are baby boomers and they love their drugs.
2006-10-06 02:06:50 · answer #4 · answered by Shred Guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋