Why does our failing healthcare system have to be so damned capitalistic? These incessant inane ads drive me nuts. Ask your doctor about….” You are not a doctor. Your doctor prescribes. Keep the expense of commercials out of this.
What I also find annoying about these ads is that all the people are wearing clothes that match the advertising colors for the drug, and all the props and background scenery are also color-coordinated. How could you miss that in your rant! 😝
You aren’t alone. My husband and I always laugh when they say not to take if you are allergic to it - as you said, how would you know. It seems like they usually take the most obnoxious one and play it over and over again.
I am 100% with you on this one. I just don’t get people singing ridiculous (and annoying) songs and dancing in the street regarding issues in private parts.
I often think it was a big mistake when they allowed medicine to be advertised. As well as being annoying it raises the cost to us. My doctor said she laughs when they say consult your doctor before taking since usually she has never heard of them.
This vexation is just so funny and observant, thank you! It IS vexing, and also hilarious the way you describe it. Perhaps this is why prescription drug advertisement to consumers is illegal in nearly every other country. It's too silly!?! 🤔
Hi Doug. I have been in health care for almost 60 years. I totally agree with the made-up names and especially the dancing in the town square! A lot of research (believe it or not) goes into the names. BUT JUST WAIT!! Wait til the (real) generic names come out! they will be 6 syllables and totally un-sayable to all but the most sophisticated people in health care! Thanks for the discussion, certainly made me smile! :)
I used to be vexed and grumpy by the incessant pharmaceutical commercials until I changed my stinkin thinking and started thinking about the actors and their life of auditioning, trying to be seen and the indignities they face doing a commercial for "indigestion" or "constipation" or "hot flashes" or you get the drift.
If forced to watch, I concentrate on the talent and tenacity required. I also have access to the remote which helps!
You gave me a good chuckle with this! Advertising to me is made by those who have no sense of reality, or maybe common sense. Do they *really* think we are all going to rush to our doctor insisting they must prescribe this new medicine because, because, well just because we liked the happy people in their commercial?! I’ve never once asked for a medicine because I saw it on tv, and if a doctor suggested it, the question out of my mouth would be have you tried it? lol. But then I’m the person that got so darn mad at the Energizer Bunny commercial led me on with a mini episode with a cliff hanger I was waiting to see, but out came this stupid rabbit playing a drum! I swear it was years before I would ever buy their batteries, just because of those commercials. So, I am in total agreement with you on happy dancing people advertising medicines. It’s kind of like that damned bunny, leading me on. 😉
Oh, yes! And another thing: the initializing of everything! Tell me the name of the disease being treated. (Yes, even if it's technical-sounding and Latinate.) If you have it, you know it already--presumably you are the people the medicine is for--but when you throw a bunch of initials at me, you merely confuse me. And perhaps scare the bejabers out of me. It sounds as if all manner of new diseases have been discovered recently, when it's something as grimly familiar as irritable bowels, or itchy skin. The letters whiz by, the listener is spent wondering if that was a "b" or a "d" and what it really is, and whether they might have it! --Plus, all those happy people; a good deal of the time the medicine offered is a follow-on drug for people with cancer. They need it because the first drug they got didn't work very well. The new or added stuff offers maybe a few more months. (You can sometimes see this stated in those tiny letters that whiz by on the bottom of the screen, which of course you can't read becausetheygobytoofast.) If this drug gives you maybe four more months, that's fine; but you're very unlikely to dance down the street looking great!
Gunsmoke is great! But I share your vexation. My other vexation is the fact that those three syllable names often have a shorter generic name, so when a doctor asks me if I’m taking a certain medication, I may be more familiar with the generic name. One cure I’ve found for the jingles is to substitute another “earworm” that is not as annoying to you. For me, that’s 500 Miles (https://youtu.be/tbNlMtqrYS0?si=5_L9CB1ACcxJWbgo). Thanks for the levity in these trying times! 😄
As a Brit, I had no idea this happened over there and am shocked. To market prescription drugs this way is completely inappropriate and reckless. Another reason to hang on to our National Health Service like grim death!
My daughter and I joke that we want to be prescribed the medication called phukitall.
Ha!!!
Why does our failing healthcare system have to be so damned capitalistic? These incessant inane ads drive me nuts. Ask your doctor about….” You are not a doctor. Your doctor prescribes. Keep the expense of commercials out of this.
Agree 100%, and these are prescriptions and so aiming at consumer directly is also a huge vexation factor on this spot-on list! You are not alone!
What I also find annoying about these ads is that all the people are wearing clothes that match the advertising colors for the drug, and all the props and background scenery are also color-coordinated. How could you miss that in your rant! 😝
You aren’t alone. My husband and I always laugh when they say not to take if you are allergic to it - as you said, how would you know. It seems like they usually take the most obnoxious one and play it over and over again.
I am 100% with you on this one. I just don’t get people singing ridiculous (and annoying) songs and dancing in the street regarding issues in private parts.
I often think it was a big mistake when they allowed medicine to be advertised. As well as being annoying it raises the cost to us. My doctor said she laughs when they say consult your doctor before taking since usually she has never heard of them.
This vexation is just so funny and observant, thank you! It IS vexing, and also hilarious the way you describe it. Perhaps this is why prescription drug advertisement to consumers is illegal in nearly every other country. It's too silly!?! 🤔
Hi Doug. I have been in health care for almost 60 years. I totally agree with the made-up names and especially the dancing in the town square! A lot of research (believe it or not) goes into the names. BUT JUST WAIT!! Wait til the (real) generic names come out! they will be 6 syllables and totally un-sayable to all but the most sophisticated people in health care! Thanks for the discussion, certainly made me smile! :)
Obviously you are suffering a Terpsichorean syndrome!
Now that’s a good one! Thanks!!
Wish I could help but I feel the same about the commercials. I actually quit watching TV when Trump took office, so I am much happier now.
I used to be vexed and grumpy by the incessant pharmaceutical commercials until I changed my stinkin thinking and started thinking about the actors and their life of auditioning, trying to be seen and the indignities they face doing a commercial for "indigestion" or "constipation" or "hot flashes" or you get the drift.
If forced to watch, I concentrate on the talent and tenacity required. I also have access to the remote which helps!
You gave me a good chuckle with this! Advertising to me is made by those who have no sense of reality, or maybe common sense. Do they *really* think we are all going to rush to our doctor insisting they must prescribe this new medicine because, because, well just because we liked the happy people in their commercial?! I’ve never once asked for a medicine because I saw it on tv, and if a doctor suggested it, the question out of my mouth would be have you tried it? lol. But then I’m the person that got so darn mad at the Energizer Bunny commercial led me on with a mini episode with a cliff hanger I was waiting to see, but out came this stupid rabbit playing a drum! I swear it was years before I would ever buy their batteries, just because of those commercials. So, I am in total agreement with you on happy dancing people advertising medicines. It’s kind of like that damned bunny, leading me on. 😉
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Oh, yes! And another thing: the initializing of everything! Tell me the name of the disease being treated. (Yes, even if it's technical-sounding and Latinate.) If you have it, you know it already--presumably you are the people the medicine is for--but when you throw a bunch of initials at me, you merely confuse me. And perhaps scare the bejabers out of me. It sounds as if all manner of new diseases have been discovered recently, when it's something as grimly familiar as irritable bowels, or itchy skin. The letters whiz by, the listener is spent wondering if that was a "b" or a "d" and what it really is, and whether they might have it! --Plus, all those happy people; a good deal of the time the medicine offered is a follow-on drug for people with cancer. They need it because the first drug they got didn't work very well. The new or added stuff offers maybe a few more months. (You can sometimes see this stated in those tiny letters that whiz by on the bottom of the screen, which of course you can't read becausetheygobytoofast.) If this drug gives you maybe four more months, that's fine; but you're very unlikely to dance down the street looking great!
I actually enjoy the jingles and the happy dancing! I never paid attention to the meds names. Anyway, the music and jungles are entertaining!
Well, different strokes…
Gunsmoke is great! But I share your vexation. My other vexation is the fact that those three syllable names often have a shorter generic name, so when a doctor asks me if I’m taking a certain medication, I may be more familiar with the generic name. One cure I’ve found for the jingles is to substitute another “earworm” that is not as annoying to you. For me, that’s 500 Miles (https://youtu.be/tbNlMtqrYS0?si=5_L9CB1ACcxJWbgo). Thanks for the levity in these trying times! 😄
As a Brit, I had no idea this happened over there and am shocked. To market prescription drugs this way is completely inappropriate and reckless. Another reason to hang on to our National Health Service like grim death!