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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:42 PM Original message |
Erective disfunction commercials: Last straw for big Pharma |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Actually... |
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el_gato (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. that R&D expense is subsidized by our tax dollars |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Certainly were a lot on Faux NewsHour this Am |
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xray s (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't buy their R&D line |
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Kanary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 12:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. That needs to be repeated! R&D IS BULL! |
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blurp (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 06:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. How about a reference for that? |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 09:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Drug companies account for only about half of R&D expenditures |
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Another Bill C. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. It comes in all kinds of forms. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Have trouble relating, being female and all, but am worried about the |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. You just said the key word: afraid. Viagra commercials = fear. |
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mulethree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. Dunno, half these ads so vague .. |
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frank frankly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. if you're watching the commercials, you are doomed |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 09:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Visions of the Woody Allen movie "Sleeper" |
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ex_jew (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Maybe big profits from dick-aids are plowed back into real medical researc |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Yeah. Medical research for more "dick-aids".... |
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Safi (218 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. I hate big pharma and all their commercials BUT that one |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. My favorite caveat of the erectile dysfunction commercials: |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 09:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. ya beat me too it... |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 04:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I laugh my ass off every-time I hear |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 07:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. "Help, I've Gotten Up, And It Won't Fall Down!" |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. I remember 4-hour erections being normal... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. And just what is the doctor gonna do? |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. Perhaps they want American men to get "koro." |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Isn't that why Hemmingway killed himself? |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. personally, I think that the marketing and advertising of drugs . . . |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 11:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 09:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. America is the exception to allowing this type of advertising |
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shekina (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
17. If I see one more |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. Why are they marketing prescription drugs to consumers? |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-28-04 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
19. I saw an article that said marketing accounts for 20% of drug costs |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I doubt the drug prices would fall by the same amount - BUT |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 12:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Well, in an IDEAL world the curtailment of drug marketing |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
21. Wonder if this is one issue where right and left... |
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chikin (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 09:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Oh, the hypocrisy of it all... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Welcome, chikin! |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 02:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Hi chikin!! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. If an impotence cure can't rely on word of mouth... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. first, give me some valium. |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. I have noticed a bunch of new ads recently |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Seems the big drug companies are getting into supplements |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
37. The Pharm Cos. are just responding to the times. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
39. yes, truly disgusting |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-04 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
40. OK, I've made a break through on this one! |
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