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Tell Congress to Ban TV Drug Ads

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Consumers Union

A bill was just introduced in the House banning advertising of new drugs and devices for the first three years on the market. It also requires TV drug and device ads include a toll-free number, so we can easily report serious side effects to the FDA.

This bill will really improve the safety of prescription drugs. The first few years a drug is on the market is when harmful side effects are likely to emerge. Banning ad campaigns will keep a new drug from being overused until its risks are better known.

And telling us how to report serious side effects in TV ads will get important safety information to the FDA more quickly.

Tell your member of Congress to support this important bill now. The momentum is growing to do something about TV drug and device ads thanks to you!

deadline: 8-18-2008
goal: 10,000

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Subject: Please support H.R. 6151

Dear [Decision Maker],

Please support legislation to help protect me from the risks of new drugs and medical devices.

I urge you to cosponsor and support H.R. 6151, The Responsibility in Drug and Device Advertising Act of 2008, a bill introduced by Representatives DeLauro and Emerson that would place a three-year moratorium on advertisements for new drugs and devices.

The first few years a drug or device is on the market is the period when previously unrecognized risks and side effects are likely to become known. A three-year moratorium on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising for new drugs and devices will allow doctors to evaluate their use in patients, permit further safety evaluations and adverse event surveillance, and minimize any inappropriate overuse.

We signed the “Tell Congress to Ban TV Drug Ads” petition!

# 50:

11:53 pm PDT, Jun 26, Craig Frey, California
Big Pharma spends more on ads than research, and convince people they have diseases the drug companies invented. We need to stop this unhealthy practice.

# 49:

11:45 pm PDT, Jun 26, Jason Evans, California

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11:40 pm PDT, Jun 26, Shane Leggio, Louisiana

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11:41 pm PDT, Jun 26, Cherry Marrone, Arizona

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11:30 pm PDT, Jun 26, Fabien Lenormand, France

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11:30 pm PDT, Jun 26, FELICIA N T, New Mexico
TV DRUG ADS ARE MORE LETHAL THAN PREVIOUSLY OUTLAWED ADS FOR SMOKING AND ALCOHOL. GET REAL.

# 44:

11:20 pm PDT, Jun 26, Allison Harrington, California

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10:59 pm PDT, Jun 26, Mathew Snyder, Oregon
If pharmaceutical companies can advertise their wares on television, so should manufacturers of meth because it's the same thing.

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10:53 pm PDT, Jun 26, Glen Venezio, Puerto Rico

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10:37 pm PDT, Jun 26, Rick Joseph, California

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10:32 pm PDT, Jun 26, Christina Williams, California

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10:17 pm PDT, Jun 26, George Oliver III, Michigan

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10:16 pm PDT, Jun 26, Rebecca DeSilva, Arizona

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10:11 pm PDT, Jun 26, Aleasha Casaretto, Texas

# 35:

9:59 pm PDT, Jun 26, L Parrish, California

# 34:

9:52 pm PDT, Jun 26, Sky Cat, Indiana

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9:50 pm PDT, Jun 26, Robert Redmon, Ohio

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9:47 pm PDT, Jun 26, Mary Detrick, Florida

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9:32 pm PDT, Jun 26, John Cordes, California

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9:25 pm PDT, Jun 26, Susan Anderson, California

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9:25 pm PDT, Jun 26, Rachel Mettler, Hawaii

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9:21 pm PDT, Jun 26, Cara Stutzman, North Carolina

# 27:

9:16 pm PDT, Jun 26, Jennifer Crown, Washington

# 26:

9:14 pm PDT, Jun 26, Robert Harling, Indiana
please stop all the drug adds

# 25:

9:02 pm PDT, Jun 26, Gigi Viloria, Philippines

# 24:

8:58 pm PDT, Jun 26, Heidi Hawkins, Washington D.C.

# 23:

8:54 pm PDT, Jun 26, Clay Becker, Florida

# 22:

8:50 pm PDT, Jun 26, Name not displayed, India

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8:45 pm PDT, Jun 26, Andrew Becker, Florida

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8:28 pm PDT, Jun 26, Justin Hopkins, Missouri
It's pretty clear that people decide what medicine their doctor should provide based on what's been advertised to them - especially on tv.

# 19:

8:28 pm PDT, Jun 26, Sharon Hull, California

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8:26 pm PDT, Jun 26, Matthew Scherer, Ohio

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8:25 pm PDT, Jun 26, Mima Arroyo, California

# 16:

8:23 pm PDT, Jun 26, Name not displayed, Missouri
It is utterly absurd to brainwash the American people into taking even more drugs and getting themselves into even more debt.

# 15:

8:13 pm PDT, Jun 26, Gary Lampman, Tennessee

# 14:

7:59 pm PDT, Jun 26, Andy High, Colorado
I oppose all TV, especially ads for drugs!

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7:54 pm PDT, Jun 26, Patrick Williams, California
As someone who worked in the substance abuse field, I was dumfounded that pharmaceuticals were allowed to put ads on tv. Hadn't we learned enough about the risks when tobacco companies were allowed to advertise on tv? One major reason to ban prescription drugs on tv is that we have become an overmedicated society. Allowing major drug companies to advertise on tv is even more dangerous to our society than tobacco was. Believe me, the tobacco companies did not suffer from such a ban.

# 12:

7:54 pm PDT, Jun 26, Barbara Pellicier, Georgia

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7:53 pm PDT, Jun 26, Sheila Street, Texas

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7:51 pm PDT, Jun 26, Name not displayed, Indiana

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7:51 pm PDT, Jun 26, Erica Heller, Pennsylvania

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7:50 pm PDT, Jun 26, Sky King, Massachusetts

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7:47 pm PDT, Jun 26, Troy Leutz, Arizona

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7:46 pm PDT, Jun 26, Michael Yeiter, Hawaii

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7:45 pm PDT, Jun 26, VIDA TOBI KANTER, New York

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7:42 pm PDT, Jun 26, Cara Gubrud, Minnesota

# 3:

7:23 pm PDT, Jun 26, Madeline Freeman, Michigan
I usually don't comment but this is my biggest pet peeve. I hate the that the BIG PHARMACEUTICAL CO'S put the idea in your head that there is something potentially wrong with you, ask your doctor.Thank goodness I have a DVR.

# 2:

7:19 pm PDT, Jun 26, Jana Daniel, Florida

# 1:

7:16 pm PDT, Jun 26, Keith Morris, Vermont

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