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The new commercial for the Hey It's Me Mom and Dad or whatever it is called scares me. Why set up a camera in your parent's house, so you can see how everything is going on your cell phone. Creepy!!!

Next thing you know you're catching Dad rubbing one out.  No thanks! 

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I vaguely remember her from an America's Next Top Model season. She was super-religious and pissed off Tyra because she wouldn't get naked.

I forgot about that.

She was such a self-satisfied little bitch on ANTM. But her pix usually delivered the goods.

Apparently she has since forgotten how to model.

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Just saw a commercial for the AmeriCare CPAP Mask. I thought it looked a little shady at first, but I feel much better about the whole thing now that they've assured me that it's "accredited by the Joint Commission." There's even a picture of people wearing medical professional clothes, so I know they must be the Joint Commission. If I can't trust the Joint Commission, who can I trust?

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Just saw a commercial for the AmeriCare CPAP Mask. I thought it looked a little shady at first, but I feel much better about the whole thing now that they've assured me that it's "accredited by the Joint Commission." There's even a picture of people wearing medical professional clothes, so I know they must be the Joint Commission. If I can't trust the Joint Commission, who can I trust?

I thought The Joint Commission regulated pot.

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Just saw a commercial for the AmeriCare CPAP Mask. I thought it looked a little shady at first, but I feel much better about the whole thing now that they've assured me that it's "accredited by the Joint Commission." There's even a picture of people wearing medical professional clothes, so I know they must be the Joint Commission. If I can't trust the Joint Commission, who can I trust?

I have to admit that this is exactly the kind of thing I was afraid of when Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) changed its name in 2007. I don't know why organizations change their names to something that makes them less recognizable. I sort of understood it with AARP (since most people haven't come close to retiring when they hit 50, which is the AARP eligible age), but "Joint Commission" sounds so vague that it loses its meaning.

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There is an ad that touts HGH( !?!) as an anti-aging wonder drug.

 

While I believe that doctor-monitored use of hormones can be beneficial, the ad I keep seeing has it aimed at ladies, primarily, and I would slot it under 'beauty treatment' the way HGH is supposed to youth-enize you.  Of course there are talking heads in lab coats and testimonials, but there is something about using a hormone that several governing bodies of several sports have banned. It makes me look sideways at these folks because it's seemingly treated like it's no big thing. Of course, the small, teeny print could be quietly saying "Take at own risk; purchase doesn't confer liability to seller. blahblahblah Can'tSueUscakes." 

 

I can't find the ad; the ones that show up are print ads for men. If I see the damn thing again, I'll report the name.

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There is an ad that touts HGH( !?!) as an anti-aging wonder drug.

 

While I believe that doctor-monitored use of hormones can be beneficial, the ad I keep seeing has it aimed at ladies, primarily, and I would slot it under 'beauty treatment' the way HGH is supposed to youth-enize you.  Of course there are talking heads in lab coats and testimonials, but there is something about using a hormone that several governing bodies of several sports have banned. It makes me look sideways at these folks because it's seemingly treated like it's no big thing. Of course, the small, teeny print could be quietly saying "Take at own risk; purchase doesn't confer liability to seller. blahblahblah Can'tSueUscakes." 

 

I can't find the ad; the ones that show up are print ads for men. If I see the damn thing again, I'll report the name.

I went with the phonetic pronunciation and thought it was "euthanize".  Which amused me greatly.

 

On tv commercials, the doctor always hands you the prescription himself/herself - often seen writing it out.  Not sure any doctor has ever handed me a prescription - it is either called in or it is waiting for me at the desk when I go to check out.

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There is an ad that touts HGH( !?!) as an anti-aging wonder drug.

 

While I believe that doctor-monitored use of hormones can be beneficial, the ad I keep seeing has it aimed at ladies, primarily, and I would slot it under 'beauty treatment' the way HGH is supposed to youth-enize you.  Of course there are talking heads in lab coats and testimonials, but there is something about using a hormone that several governing bodies of several sports have banned. It makes me look sideways at these folks because it's seemingly treated like it's no big thing. Of course, the small, teeny print could be quietly saying "Take at own risk; purchase doesn't confer liability to seller. blahblahblah Can'tSueUscakes." 

 

I can't find the ad; the ones that show up are print ads for men. If I see the damn thing again, I'll report the name.

 

Saw it tonight! On Science channel, of all places. Don't I feel gullible for being surprised at that?

 

http://www.ispot.tv/ad/70Jw/serovital-30-day-trial-featuring-kym-douglas

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Plus they always have time to walk with you down the hallway after your appointment (as if they didn't have 217 other patients to see that day).

That day? I think my doctors schedule that many an hour.

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I'm just about done with the Xarelto ads. Can't have a "healthy salad"? What kind of code is that? "Healthy salad" is what you tell people you had when you're lying.

Also, the knee brace ads. We had a discussion a few months ago about that. I'm with you on that. Still creepy. And those mouths still have tiny dicks in them (which is what I assume you were trying to politely reference). I just love the ads that make certain the viewer knows all expenses were spared.

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The healthy salad is because you have to watch certain vegetables with it K in it when on Coumadin.

You will find some doctors touting things like HGH and Testosterone as youth enhancers. It's not mainstream science, but there is a small branch of doctors practicing "longevity medicine" for basically rich people willing to pay cash for anything that use these sorts of treatments and will prescribe it. Honestly there may be something to it, but it's also hard telling what the downsides are.

Testosterone levels in men do decline as you age, that one kind of half mainstream/half fringe, depending in if you are treating a truly low level or supplementing a level less than normal.

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Is it just me or has there been an uptick in the amount of drug commercials on tv.  It seems now that the ads are half auto and half drugs. 
Swear to god there was one on the other day that had in its long list of possible side effects and risks, "Serious brain infection involving a parasite may occur."   WTF??  At first I thought it was some kind of parody.

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Swear to god there was one on the other day that had in its long list of possible side effects and risks, "Serious brain infection involving a parasite may occur."   WTF??  At first I thought it was some kind of parody.

Oh, that's when you visit countries where certain fungal infections are prevalent. Just be careful when you're in an international airport to heed the warning signs that say "Welcome! We have fungal infections!"

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I love the CariDee commercials for Stelera simply because every time Tyra Banks sees it, her head must explode because CariDee is just that awful.  Tyra may be nuts (or at least watching several cycles of ANTM lead me to believe), but she can model.

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This Tecfidera commercial cautions you against using it if you're "pregnant or planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed."  While I understand their need to be specific, I feel like they could leave off the "planning to breastfeed," because if you're neither pregnant nor planning to become pregnant, then you aren't planning to breastfeed either. 

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While I understand their need to be specific, I feel like they could leave off the "planning to breastfeed," because if you're neither pregnant nor planning to become pregnant, then you aren't planning to breastfeed either.

You're forgetting about wet nurses, as well as mothers who want to breastfeed after adopting an infant or using a surrogate mother.

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This Tecfidera commercial cautions you against using it if you're "pregnant or planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed."  While I understand their need to be specific, I feel like they could leave off the "planning to breastfeed," because if you're neither pregnant nor planning to become pregnant, then you aren't planning to breastfeed either. 

 

Well, they have to cover the vast market of women who have JUST NOW GIVEN BIRTH but have not yet fed the baby.

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This Tecfidera commercial cautions you against using it if you're "pregnant or planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding or planning to breastfeed."  While I understand their need to be specific, I feel like they could leave off the "planning to breastfeed," because if you're neither pregnant nor planning to become pregnant, then you aren't planning to breastfeed either. 

 

Silly, and it shows your tax dollars at work.  I have no doubt the FDA required that language because I can't imagine the company would have voluntarily added it. 

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Silly, and it shows your tax dollars at work.  I have no doubt the FDA required that language because I can't imagine the company would have voluntarily added it. 

 

Having struggled to get copy approved by Legal & Compliance at more clients than I can count, I can personally attest that they are often way more exacting than the government agencies.

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You're forgetting about wet nurses, as well as mothers who want to breastfeed after adopting an infant or using a surrogate mother.

Don't wet nurses typically have children of their own that they are lactating from?  As for the other two, I've never heard of such a thing.  I stand corrected!

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There's a particular Cialis commercial I want to catch because there's some discussion elsewhere about an actor that's in it. When trying to look up their commercials on i-Spot the message that they've been removed at the company's request shows up for all of them. There aren't any new ones uploaded to YouTube either. It's seems kind of weird.

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There's a particular Cialis commercial I want to catch because there's some discussion elsewhere about an actor that's in it. When trying to look up their commercials on i-Spot the message that they've been removed at the company's request shows up for all of them. There aren't any new ones uploaded to YouTube either. It's seems kind of weird.

Uh oh, maybe they are being sued for injuries induced by trying to have sex while laying in separate bathtubs or people being arrested for setting up bathtubs in random public locations.  Someone may have seen the bathtub denizen's old wrinkled junk, then tripped and fell, hitting their head on the tub while trying to get away.   

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"Have you or a loved one been prescribed Abilify, and developed a gambling problem?"  What a strangely specific symptom.

Just out of curiosity I looked it up on Wikipedia. There are some strange side effects, including somnolence and insomnia, "feeling abnormal", and self mutilation.

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For the money they charge for the drugs, citing "R&D costs" as the reason, you'd think they'd have better research & development regarding the side effects.

 

Well, given the list of possible reactions they list in these ads, it looks like the side effects are well researched.  How to avoid them while on the drug, that's another matter.

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"Here, take this drug. We don't know what the hell it'll do to you."

 

 

Wait....it causes somnolence and insomnia? Like, simultaneously? WTF?!

No, I just listed them together. Although I suppose it could make it impossible to sleep when you want to, and impossible to stay awake the rest of the time. When it isn't making you self-mutilate.

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...why would you give a college kid an unidentifiable drug with a street-sounding name?

 

I think a lot of college kids would readily take an unidentifiable drug with a street-sounding name rather than aspirin...

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And I'd want to know as I have Crohn's and therefore cannot take ibuprofen and any drugs with major GI side effects plus I am on some powerful meds (a biologic plus another immunosuppressant) so I don't want any drug interactions if possible.

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I just saw an ad for one of those ambulance chasing law firms which started out. "Have you or a loved one been prescribed Abilify, and developed a gambling problem?"  What a strangely specific symptom.

I must be in a really weird mood today, because when I read this I started laughing uncontrollably. Which in itself sounds like a side effect.

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I must be in a really weird mood today, because when I read this I started laughing uncontrollably. Which in itself sounds like a side effect.

That may be a sign that you have pseudobulbar effect, and you need Neudexta.

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Is it moderate to severe?

May I just go on record as having never included the severity of my symptoms when I mention a condition (and believe me, I've got some conditions)? Maybe it's because I'm only in the mild-to-moderate stage of any of them, and therefore do not qualify for the drugs being advertised on TV. 

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