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Posted by rjlockhart37 on September 7, 2012, at 17:07:04
i've had this on my mind...because i always see abilify animated commercials of that lady with the umbrella and its a short cartoon clip, saying that any one who sees it should do the same, like ... if you look back into the 1940's it wasnt until the 1950's when they started advertising Miltown, and other various new drugs. I was at my doctors office the other day....this lady walked in and started looking at the med advertisements and saying I wanna to try this one....she went in [i waiting for my nurse practiner] she came out with soo many diffrent samples of medications....seroquel xr,cymbalta, nuvigil, i mean I couldnt believe it and then she walked right out and said "I got them"...you know my doctor is the most stubborn...won't listen to anything I say and then give these samples freely to this drug lady, I mean for me to get on the medications im on right now...it took long through having evidence that I needed them, not going in and doing a drug run. They keep all these samples in my doctors office...nuvigil I get them when I see them every 5 weeks, but sstill ... you know some of the mental ads today target some normal people...that don't need medication, but they put on it anyway, saying it should make life better. Like long ago...when depression was not a wide adverstised thing people only went to the doctor when they neccesitly needed help....
i don't get it but that's exactly how things are today...
Posted by schleprock on September 7, 2012, at 20:06:24
In reply to advertise mental illness, posted by rjlockhart37 on September 7, 2012, at 17:07:04
I don't think pills were the only thing she was swallowing, if you get my meaning...
Posted by sleepygirl2 on September 7, 2012, at 22:04:32
In reply to advertise mental illness, posted by rjlockhart37 on September 7, 2012, at 17:07:04
My Pdoc used to give me samples, but not because I was trying a new med, but because I couldn't afford them. That could be the case there. Pdocs get the starter kits from the drug reps, but they don't always use them just for that.
Posted by Phillipa on September 7, 2012, at 23:05:20
In reply to Re: advertise mental illness » rjlockhart37, posted by sleepygirl2 on September 7, 2012, at 22:04:32
Mine would give them to me to trial the med and see if tolerable to save me money. That's what the purpose of them is. Phillipa
Posted by bleauberry on September 8, 2012, at 15:36:58
In reply to advertise mental illness, posted by rjlockhart37 on September 7, 2012, at 17:07:04
The advertisements are to increase sales. They have nothing to do with well wishes on anyone's health. They don't care about that. What they do care about is that more potential customers, ill or not, might buy their products. They are not in the business of caring for your welfare or anyone else's. They are in the business of selling and making profits. Nothing wrong with that. We are all supposed to try to provide a service, benefit, or product, and earn our daily bread from it.
I totally do not like drug companies pushing meds, but there is nothing wrong with it. It is up to the customer to make their own best decisions. If they are so gullible as to be sold by a TV commercial, then they are probably in need of help in more ways than one.
Posted by jono_in_adelaide on September 8, 2012, at 17:52:20
In reply to Re: advertise mental illness, posted by bleauberry on September 8, 2012, at 15:36:58
Only two countries in the world allow prescription drugs to be advertised to the general public - the US and New Zealand
The drug companies have tried hard in most western nations, but have been strongly resisted - thats gotta tell you somthing.
Advertising headache pills and cold tablets and antacids is one thing, but advettising atypical antipsychotics and Oxycontin is very different
Posted by Chris O on September 9, 2012, at 2:34:34
In reply to advertise mental illness, posted by rjlockhart37 on September 7, 2012, at 17:07:04
What upsets me most about that situation is that taking medication was so "optional" for her, as if it were just something to try, like a new item on a restaurant menu. This is the exact opposite experience that I have: I am desperately trying to find a medication that works to at least give me some control and ability to function in life. For her to have (apparently) such funtionality, and to use psychotropics as if they were just a toy, that really makes me upset.
Chris
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