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

[calla-lily.livejournal.com]

I feel like it's a relatively new thing, like in the last ten years or so. It REALLY burns me up 'cuz pharmaceutical costs are through the roof, and there are so many people in this country who can't afford prescriptions they desperately need. The drug companies say that their prices have to be that high because it's so expensive to develop them; in which case, I think they have no business spending millions upon millions on advertising. It should be against the law.