Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now

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You know the commericial...It is about too-frequent urination problem. Picked up my Mom's pills for it today. She bought it for $30. I asked the pharmarcist what the actual price would be... $283.66 for 30 pills. You start out at one pill per day and use two if that isn't working.
My point, the first step in controlling health care costs, is to not allow drug companies to advertise. These commercials are on all day and at peak viewing times. You can't advertise cigarettes or hard booze, then why in God's name can you advertise prescription drugs? It has to drive up the cost of the drug. Your thoughts?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. I agree...at that price, I'll just pee for free

[WWW]

3. well you would...

But how about the rest of us...p.s. when are you coming to visit?

[bleedingheart]

13. First I would price how many adult diapers I would need per month

and then I would compare the monthly diaper cost against the cost of the pills...

but that's me...always looking for the bargain...

[EmmaP]

2. Depends

How much are Depends?

[LSparkle]

4. That's not even the worst example of those ads

There was one (no longer running) that literally made me sick -- the symptoms it listed sounded worse than any disease. (You know the one ... )

[WWW]

8. This is a sad story

but kind of funny, my mother is a hypochondriac, (sp) and she asked th doctor if she might beneift from the Livitra (sorry, bad spelling but it is that Viagra wannabe). She saw so many commericials for it on TV she felt that she should be on it!

[SoCalDem]

11. I LOVE to listen to the disclaimer..

a pill for heartburn that may cause:

abdominal distress, bloody diarrhea, headaches, nausea,fainting spells, risk of stroke, dizziness,tunnel vision,vomiting, high blood pressure,weight gain, blurred vision,etc..

Thanks, but I'll take a tums and a 7up and just burp..

(those actual side effects may not all apply, but you know the ones I mean)

[Padraig18]

5. My doctor HATES those commercials!

He says it is totally maddening to have patients coming in *demanding* medications for a problem that may, or may not, be be treatable with the advertised pharmaceutical; all they know is that some commercials said it would fix their problem.

[greatauntoftriplets]

17. My doctor hates those commercials, too.

Of course, he also hates the insurance companies. I have a great doctor!

[curse10]

6. That commercial is retarded!

And that song sucks!

[wryter2000]

7. And isn't it nice

Isn't it nice how much of that money goes to those annoying commercials? R&D, my foot.

[WWW]

12. But if congress made it illegal to advertise

Then the savings would be passed on to the consumer?

[EmmaP]

9. But

Do people really go into their doctor and ASK for a certain drug? If you don't have enough faith in your doctor that s/he knows what's on the market and what would work for you, then I think it's time to get another doctor. And I really love the commercials for drugs that don't even tell you what the heck the drug is for - they probably don't have time because the side effects take so long to list!

[WWW]

14. Yes

My mother went in and asked for an erectile dysfuntion drug...She is 80 but the people looked so happy in the ad.

[Booberdawg]

15. ROTFL!

Gotta love it! Well, if the people looked so happy, why not?? :D

[VOX]

10. It's true. Drug ads are designed to make you feel like you're missing out

On some good feeling or control of a condition -- they make it seem like a *right*. It then spurs an envy -- "they" have that, and *I* want that, too. All at terrific monetary costs.

Don't get me wrong, no one should suffer needlessly, but these commercials are very wrong, IMO.

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16. And as an aside

I told the doctor that she had a urinary infection and we didn't need the more expensive drug to control her urges. WELL HOLY COW, the doctor said today, she does have an infection and don't use the gotta go medicine until she gets rid of the bladder infection...WTF

[WWW]

18. so we got $300 worth of drugs in the house

that I can't even sell to Rush...