Medicine Commercials

Last night I was at a friend's house and we noticed something interesting; the amount of medicine commercials aired on television. You ever notice how many there are. You probably haven't so we did, and the results are crazy... it averaged out to around one of every six commercials (and this was on a major network during prime time!). This may seem like kind of a mundane thing to notice until you really think about the purpose of a medicine ad. *For the purpose of my argument we're gonna exclude over the counter medications.

I always thought when you get sick you go to the doctor, who uses their "Medical Training" to prescribe something, simple enough right. So why would you ever advertise a prescription medication. So people can watch and think hmmm... "I have that" lol. I mean does no one notice how flawed that logic is. My favorite thing about these ads has to be the ever present line at the end "If you suffer from these symptoms ask your doctor about (enter medication here)". Um No! If I suffer from these symptoms I'm gonna go to the doctor understanding he knows more about medicine than I do, and accept his recommendation lol. But on a serious note we only have ourselves to blame for the current "epidemic" (I hate that word btw) of addiction to prescription medications, because we made ourselves think that if we ever get a stomach ache we need ulcer medicine and if we're ever in a bad mood we need an anti-depressant... try smoking some weed, way less side effects lol

Thanks for listening

Sidebar*... I included one of the funnier ads for your enjoyment