Prescription Drug Commercials

Very bad thing. I laugh at them. It's because of them I told my doctor if he ever tries to prescribe them to me, I'll shove them up his keyster. Most of them talk about how they are life savers until the other half of the commercial talks about the multitude of life-threatening conditions that may occur when taking said drug. With keto I've reversed 4 or 5 conditions to where my doctor has reluctantly agreed that keto is working. Working on getting rid of my beta blocker then that's it. Approaching 60 and actually removing all my meds.

 

Side effects generally are “rare” though, relative to efficacy. They just have to note those they are aware of.

Obviously it’s stupid to reject life saving meds because of “rare” side effects, particularly common and widely tolerated meds that directly address disease states (depending on how far from baseline you are) or the less common ones that attack serious diseases like cancer and autoimmune diseases and such. On the other hand if one can get off certain meds by getting in physical shape, that is obviously a good thing. Not everyone can or is willing to do that. No question we have trended towards overmedicating. Personally, i think a good policy is to minimize pharmaceuticals when unnecessary or able to be addressed with diet or exercise, but not reject them when you are diseased or fall into the area where the drugs are recommended.

 

I bet that’s the first place you run to if you or a loved one are gravely injured by the negligence of others. Most of M&M’s ads encourage you to look around. If recovery isn’t what’s primarily important to you, I don’t know what else could be.

 

Generally meds are a bad thing. Note the disclaimers are over half the commercial.

 

I have an issue with the plastering of the amounts all over the place like it’s a lottery. That was unheard of when I was in law school. Now everyone that gets into a fender bender thinks they should hire an attorney. Ridiculous.

The first place I’d go in a serious injury situation is one of the many friends I have that practice in that area without the need to advertise every other 5 minutes to “help” people.

 

A business needs to advertise, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it if its accurate. You have the benefit "of the many friends [you] have that practice in that area." The average citizen does not.