DontAskJusTckle
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Todays TV airwaves are flooded with ads for medication, most of which are not available over the counter. Medication for depression, for erectile dysfunction, for hair loss, just about anything. I find this fascinating as a sociological curiosity. It's not like we can say, "Hey, that Cymbalta looks like good shit, I'm going to pop over to Walgreen's and pick some up." No, we're supposed to visit our doctors and coerce them into prescribing these meds for us.
Another curiosity is that the product naming convention for most of these medications seems to follow a format: three syllables, the second of which is emphasized, and the third syllable ends with the letter A.
For example...
I remember Cymbalta was first advertised as a treatment for depression. Later it was pitched as a pain reliever. ("It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!)
What's also interesting is that a significant chunk of the air time is used to describe all of the horrific side effects that are possible or even likely. "People taking Revolta have experienced migraine headaches, whooping cough, nausea, vomiting, projectile diarrhea, rash, open soars, festering pustules, bloody noses..." And while they are listing all these gruesome possibilities you see people enjoying life, the outdoors, nature, walking, riding bicycles, etc.
I think they should instead be showing people actually experiencing these grotesque side effects as they are mentioned.
Another curiosity is that the product naming convention for most of these medications seems to follow a format: three syllables, the second of which is emphasized, and the third syllable ends with the letter A.
For example...
Cymbalta
Nuestra
Pexeva
Celexa
Latuda
Humira
Viagra
Propecia
Allegra
Relenza
Renova
Nuestra
Pexeva
Celexa
Latuda
Humira
Viagra
Propecia
Allegra
Relenza
Renova
I remember Cymbalta was first advertised as a treatment for depression. Later it was pitched as a pain reliever. ("It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping!)
What's also interesting is that a significant chunk of the air time is used to describe all of the horrific side effects that are possible or even likely. "People taking Revolta have experienced migraine headaches, whooping cough, nausea, vomiting, projectile diarrhea, rash, open soars, festering pustules, bloody noses..." And while they are listing all these gruesome possibilities you see people enjoying life, the outdoors, nature, walking, riding bicycles, etc.
I think they should instead be showing people actually experiencing these grotesque side effects as they are mentioned.
