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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!

# 100:

8:10 am PDT, Jun 27, Julia Orlando, California

# 99:

8:10 am PDT, Jun 27, Jess Barnett, Massachusetts

# 98:

8:08 am PDT, Jun 27, Geoff Wilson, California

# 97:

8:01 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Florida
We trust our doctors to recommend prescription drugs that are appropriate for us as individuals. Advertising prescription drugs on television is inappropriate and not in the interest of the general public. It is not the patient's job to tell the doctor what to prescribe!! In addition, any ad should state clearly what the product is used for. Many ads today do not state this clearly.

# 96:

7:58 am PDT, Jun 27, Amy Nelson, Washington
I have had my own personal issues with new drugs on the market. I had been prescribed Valtrex for a cold sore within a few weeks of it being on the market. It gave me BAD vertigo spells! I could barely even function when I was on it, because the vertigo was so bad!

# 95:

7:56 am PDT, Jun 27, Marieemma Tarnawiecki, Florida

# 94:

7:56 am PDT, Jun 27, Gino Foti, Massachusetts

# 93:

7:51 am PDT, Jun 27, Dellianan Of the Sea, Colorado
THESE DRUGS KILL PEOPLE> PERIOD.

# 92:

7:41 am PDT, Jun 27, Ellen Delaney, Massachusetts

# 91:

7:39 am PDT, Jun 27, Laura Elms, Michigan

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7:38 am PDT, Jun 27, Denise Dunlap, Virginia

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7:31 am PDT, Jun 27, Diane Corniuk, California

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7:20 am PDT, Jun 27, Louise Cunningham, United Kingdom

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7:18 am PDT, Jun 27, ERIN RAMIREZ, New York

# 86:

6:53 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
what good is a drug commercial when the drug has more and worse side effects than the problem its designed to correct?

# 85:

6:50 am PDT, Jun 27, Jim Garvey, Massachusetts

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6:49 am PDT, Jun 27, Aprile Mazey, Michigan

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6:46 am PDT, Jun 27, John Sedia, Pennsylvania

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6:34 am PDT, Jun 27, Betty Chance, Florida

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6:34 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, New York

# 80:

6:34 am PDT, Jun 27, Jon Nicholas, Illinois

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6:31 am PDT, Jun 27, Kaine Grant, New York

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6:30 am PDT, Jun 27, Adrian Hunter, New Mexico

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6:24 am PDT, Jun 27, Vidya Sims, California

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6:17 am PDT, Jun 27, Tobin Manackal, Texas
DTC advertising for new drugs and devices skews the evaluation, prescription, and perception of these drugs.

# 75:

6:15 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
I think this is a start. Drug commercials shouldn't be allowed at all - ever. Causes a rise in prices and most people don't even know what half of the commercials are for!

# 74:

6:13 am PDT, Jun 27, Michael Mitchell, Iowa

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5:55 am PDT, Jun 27, Fred Fall, New Jersey

# 72:

5:36 am PDT, Jun 27, Michelle Trammell, Virginia

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5:31 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Colorado

# 70:

5:23 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Virginia

# 69:

5:22 am PDT, Jun 27, Jeanne Ratzloff, Colorado
Medication should be determined and perscribed by doctors, not recommended to patients via a promotional ad.

# 68:

5:19 am PDT, Jun 27, Marlene Kochert, New Mexico

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5:14 am PDT, Jun 27, Name not displayed, Illinois

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5:10 am PDT, Jun 27, Tatiana Kostanian, California

# 65:

4:56 am PDT, Jun 27, Lorraine Petro, Connecticut

# 64:

3:43 am PDT, Jun 27, Bill Craig, Germany

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3:29 am PDT, Jun 27, Lisa Grzywacz-McNew, Armed Forces Pacific

# 62:

3:21 am PDT, Jun 27, Kim Gelinas, Massachusetts

# 61:

3:16 am PDT, Jun 27, Rhonda Lawford, Illinois

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3:05 am PDT, Jun 27, Tod Barnett, Nevada

# 59:

2:55 am PDT, Jun 27, Amy Harmon, Indiana

# 58:

2:53 am PDT, Jun 27, Susan Walker, California

# 57:

2:02 am PDT, Jun 27, Jo Laz, Illinois
PLEASE NO MORE ADS -- IT'S OVERWHELMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 56:

1:54 am PDT, Jun 27, Megan McDermott, Ohio

# 55:

1:50 am PDT, Jun 27, Cerise Mclaren, California

# 54:

1:22 am PDT, Jun 27, Karen Campbell, California
I know that we need a clearinghouse to report side effects of new drugs. The FDA isn't doing enough.

# 53:

12:17 am PDT, Jun 27, Monica Achioyamen, Sweden

# 52:

12:03 am PDT, Jun 27, Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece

# 51:

11:58 pm PDT, Jun 26, Lorry Tibbetts, California
These ads cost them big money and we get stuck with this bill too. These ads are very dangeous.

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