Television is overly populated with ads for various pharmaceutical products and I’m SICK of it. (Is there a drug for that?) Viewers cannot watch more than 15 minutes of television without medicine being peddled about a pernicious or deadly condition with a pharmaceutical solution.
“FOR PEOPLE WITH HEART FAILURE TOMORROW IS NOT A GIVEN” voices a macabre announcer over a sad and somber rendition of “Tomorrow” from the musical “Annie!” (I will not link the commercial on You Tube and thanks for ruining that song for me forever.)
Most commercials on television are there for good reason: the audience are consumers, we buy things and we are enticed by television to purchase new or better products to enjoy. Repetition is key to sales so while commercials annoy me, I understand why they are there. But that’s the the case with prescription medication. I can’t go out and buy pharmaceuticals because I, like the majority of the population watching television, are not physicians. I don’t know the difference between the TOMORROW IS NOT A GIVEN drug and a baby aspirin. How can I make an informed decision about which one is best for my medical condition?
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