http://trishatorrey.com/2008/03/13/prescription-drug-ads-your-help-needed/ A blog about patient empowerment, advocacy, safety, consumerism and tools to navigate the dysfunction of American health care. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:29:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://trishatorrey.com/2008/03/13/prescription-drug-ads-your-help-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-31134 Howard Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:42:51 +0000 http://trishatorrey.com/2008/03/13/prescription-drug-ads-your-help-needed/#comment-31134 Prescription drugs are CONTROLLED substances. Why do we allow the advertisement/promotion of controlled substances at all? Hard liquor commercials have been banned. Cigarette commercials have been banned. Prescription drug prices are out of control. Banning the ads would reduce the costs. If you are sick and in need of drugs, your doctor will know what you need. It is not the job of TV ads to diagnose and treat us! Prescription drugs are CONTROLLED substances. Why do we allow the advertisement/promotion of controlled substances at all? Hard liquor commercials have been banned. Cigarette commercials have been banned. Prescription drug prices are out of control. Banning the ads would reduce the costs. If you are sick and in need of drugs, your doctor will know what you need. It is not the job of TV ads to diagnose and treat us!

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