So much bullshit. God I hate drug companies.
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lizzo1 |
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I have some Massive Hate for drug companies (I know, who doesn't?) but I saw this commercial today for Celebrex that had the audacity to make an outrageous
claim: THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE DETRIMENTAL SIDE EFFECTS! Oh, my God really? How wonderful! What a great selling point! Your drug might actually help
someone more than it's making them puke, giving them rashes, and causing heart attacks!
So much bullshit. God I hate drug companies. |
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OG sofa |
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an oldie but a goodie for my bud lizzo...
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fluffyspectacular |
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OG sofa wrote: � |
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lizzo1 |
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My God...Hundreds of thousands of people have been prescribed that shit...they're walking around right now! They're driving around in their cars, just
waiting to stroke out in front of you on the highway. Don't go to the doctor and for fuck's sake don't leave the house!
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searcher86 |
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I'm ready to start eating cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner after seeing the commercials where John McEnroe is sitting in a couple's bedroom when
they wake up. Especially the one where the husband flirts with McEnroe. So sexy!!!
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QJaz |
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I hate the Dairy Queen ads with the smarmy little girl who forgoes getting a sundae of her own because she knows the little boy who's eyeing her will buy
her one. Then she tells her wide-eyed mom, "It's like shooting fish in a barrel." Despicable!
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OG sofa |
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"It's like shooting fish in a barrel." Despicable! oh, come on. like that's not what chicks do. yeah. pfffhhhttt... |
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Fluffynurse |
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My God...Hundreds of thousands of people have been prescribed that shit...they're walking around right now! They're driving around in their cars, just waiting to stroke out in front of you on the highway. Don't go to the doctor and for fuck's sake don't leave the house! Why do they even bother making commercials for this particular drug? It's used to treat schizophrenia psychoses. Those people aren't likely to tell their docs, "Oh, I'd love to try that new medicine I saw on TV the other day". They're too busy making tin-foil hats. |
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OG sofa |
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Why do they even bother making commercials for this particular drug? for the same reason now that everything is classified as "syndrome" or a "disorder"... medically identified, so now a drug can legally be prescribed to fix it. get up off your fat ass and walk about a bit, or don't eat that shit that causes you heartburn, is so less compelling than "you have a syndrome" and "we've got a drug to cure that" to most people. so hell yeah, don't get up off your fat ass and walk about a bit, or don't eat that shit that causes you heartburn. just watch your tv until you find a drug that matches your "syndrome". then march into your dr. office and demand treatment. and then maybe cry for universal health care because you refuse to get up off your fat ass and walk about a bit, or don't eat that shit that causes you heartburn. yeah, that's the ticket... |
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Sardonically Irreverent |
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You know that place where you're really fucking sick of State Farm commercial with the geek wearing white tennis shoes at his wedding?
Yeah, I'm there. |
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OG sofa |
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please God,
no more commercials where people stuff $5 bills in their mouth and munch away. that's fucking disgusting. thank you, sofa... |
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daggers44 |
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Have the Thai insurance commercials been discussed here yet? They're so sad (and manipulative)! T_T
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florida |
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OG sofa wrote: You have to admit, that when the Asian lady points all happily at her sub, it is the best part of the commercial.
P.S. I'd rather be stuck with bipolar than Abilify. P.S.S. Appliance Direct is doing it again! If you buy an "Energy Angel" refrigerator (complete with the white dove graphic that lands in the halo, on the tv screen), you get a free t-shirt that states, "I LOVE REFRIGERATORS!" I *do* want one of those shirts, though. AD + AE = REBATE!
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05/26/08 6:02 PM.
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cindidindi76 |
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Okay, I generally hate those truth.com commercials, but the one about the underweight babies cracks me up.
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chuckersil |
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Okay.. here's new deep irrational hatred for a commercial...
The Reddi - Whip commercial with the little girl with a stupid hair style who goes "knock knock" and the replies with a "shhhhhhh" noise to indicate she wants whipped cream on her freaking breakfast. Then the stupid reddi-whip guy shows up and makes breakfast wonderful with his stupid can. The kid and the mother only eat a mouthful of that crappy Reddi-whip and are happier than pigs in shit. (I told you it was an irrational hatred.. but it makes me rant.) |
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factoryhurl |
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QJaz wrote: Hate this too. Having a little girl act as though she is trolling for free drinks in a bar. |
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factoryhurl |
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Fluffynurse wrote: I wonder the same thing Fluff--who are they marketing this to? The viewer who is sitting there watching TV and has an *ah ha* moment and says "Oh, I'm bipolar, I'd like to try it!". Anyone that would need the drug wouldn't indentify with the disease(s). |
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RetroFox |
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Maybe they made the ads to avoid lawsuits in case someone's doctor forgets to tell them that side effects may include death.
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florida |
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RetroFox wrote: What if the patient doesn't have cable television? |
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etbass |
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HERES A IDEA. GET A SYSTEM WITH A D.V.R. OR TIVO. THAT WAY YOU WON'T HAVE TO WATCH SOMETHING THAT DRIVES YOU CRAZY.
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