American TV

[jbailey]

Why is it that half of the ads on American TV are for drugs? Do people really watch TV, and then go to their doctors asking for a particular birth control pill, or a particular sleep drug? I've always gone to the doctor with *problems*, not *solutions*.

If I have the answer, why would I need the doctor?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The doctor is still the one that is required to write the prescription and the purpose of the advertising is to make the consumer ask for that particular brand, even if it is not the most effective one for the condition. Also most of the knowledge that doctors have about medications is from the drug companies and so is also vey biased.