Who else hates TV ads for diabetes treatments ? (eat, cost, sugar)
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I really don't pay attention or notice those much, because they are usually short and not that annoying (type 2 here). It's the Medicare supplement ads with JJ Walker or Joe Namath or the celebrities selling the ripoff auto warranty that drive me nuts.
Why do Pharm Cos advertize on TV at all?...It's the doc who makes the decisions, not the pt. It's not a candy store-- "I'll have 5 cents worth of Ozempic, 10 cents worth of Trulicity and ...."
My favorite line is "Be sure to tell your doctor if you have "X"...Shouldn't your doctor be telling you you have "X"?...And what do we care that the announcer is "not a doctor" (or a lawyer in those other ads)?
"I'll have 5 cents worth of Ozempic, 10 cents worth of Trulicity and ...."
LOL, that would be selling by the molecule...... I dont think there is even such thing as five and ten cent candies anymore. Maybe if somebody will sell you single hard candy out of a bulk bag of candy.
Why do Pharm Cos advertize on TV at all?...It's the doc who makes the decisions, not the pt. It's not a candy store-- "I'll have 5 cents worth of Ozempic, 10 cents worth of Trulicity and ...."
My favorite line is "Be sure to tell your doctor if you have "X"...Shouldn't your doctor be telling you you have "X"?...And what do we care that the announcer is "not a doctor" (or a lawyer in those other ads)?
It educates the public on conditions that their friends, family and co-workers might have. They also know to recognize symptoms from the ads, and more importantly that there is help for the condition. For example, not everyone knows about or realizes they or someone they know has depression, or asthma, and will encourage them to get help from a medical doctor. Drug ads are a great thing. If you think the purpose of the drug ad is for people totally unrelated to the condition to go seek prescriptions than you truly don't understand advertising. You might as well say if you were hungry, you would go to the grocery store and find food, none of the restaurants, grocery stores or products found in the grocery stores need to advertise. And we know that is not true. The co-insurance costs for a doctor's office visit are around the price of pizza, but people need to be informed and educated to know to go there to begin with.
the Pharm companies need to make more money! those ads should never have been allowed on tv. I always thought it was the dr deciding what the patient needed and then discussing the treatments with the patients! Silly me!
It educates the public on conditions that their friends, family and co-workers might have. They also know to recognize symptoms from the ads, and more importantly that there is help for the condition. For example, not everyone knows about or realizes they or someone they know has depression, or asthma, and will encourage them to get help from a medical doctor. Drug ads are a great thing. If you think the purpose of the drug ad is for people totally unrelated to the condition to go seek prescriptions than you truly don't understand advertising. You might as well say if you were hungry, you would go to the grocery store and find food, none of the restaurants, grocery stores or products found in the grocery stores need to advertise. And we know that is not true. The co-insurance costs for a doctor's office visit are around the price of pizza, but people need to be informed and educated to know to go there to begin with.
Let me guess...You work as a Spin Doctor for a political party, right?...Try quantifying your qualitative arguement-- How many people with common diseases (DM, CAD etc) haven't sought medicl attention and will do so because they saw an ad?...and how many sales will an ad increase for a rare disease being addressed?
Forty y/a, I stopped at a local watering hole downtown to refresh myself after work. In between jokes and oggling the local secretarial talent, I struck up a coonversation with the guy sitting next to me at the bar. He turned out to be an advertising exec...I asked him why so many actors of a certain demographic group determined by genetics had begun apearing in so many TV adds lately...after all, I reasoned, that group represents only 12% of the population and controls only 3% of the money...Simple, he replied, That particular group is the only one naive enough to be significantly influencd by ads, and, while they have only 3% of the money, it's still millions and millions of dollars and we're trying to get it as additional sales.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink...The purpose of an ad is make the horse thirsty so it will want to drink...but in this case, even a thirsty horse can't be led to water except by the physician.
For what they Charge for Ozempic wish they could send some money to me. Why charge $1023 per pen per month. IMHO they should force the drug co to state in their ad what it costs. For those of us on Part D Medicare blow through deductible the first month.
Why do Pharm Cos advertize on TV at all?...It's the doc who makes the decisions, not the pt. It's not a candy store-- "I'll have 5 cents worth of Ozempic, 10 cents worth of Trulicity and ...."
My favorite line is "Be sure to tell your doctor if you have "X"...Shouldn't your doctor be telling you you have "X"?...And what do we care that the announcer is "not a doctor" (or a lawyer in those other ads)?
I agree, not a fan of pharma ads in general. And they all sound the same.
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