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Tell Congress to Ban TV Drug Ads
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored 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!
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# 150:
8:25 am PDT, Jun 27,
Jonel Brown, Minnesota
Marketing has been proven to sway opinion and our health care costs are already high enough without people asking for drugs they don't need. Pharma advertising benefits only the drug companies not the health of America.
Marketing has been proven to sway opinion and our health care costs are already high enough without people asking for drugs they don't need. Pharma advertising benefits only the drug companies not the health of America.
# 149:
8:24 am PDT, Jun 27,
Walter Denley, Georgia
# 148:
8:24 am PDT, Jun 27,
Gerald Learn, Alabama
# 147:
8:24 am PDT, Jun 27,
Nicole Davidson, Virginia
# 146:
8:24 am PDT, Jun 27,
Vanessa Guzman, Massachusetts
We've seen it time and again, a drug that is released on the market, later to find that it did much more harm than help. I myself was on Viox when they were taken off the market. Scary feeling knowing that a medicine that was given to me to cure me, could've possibly killed me. Please protect consumers.
We've seen it time and again, a drug that is released on the market, later to find that it did much more harm than help. I myself was on Viox when they were taken off the market. Scary feeling knowing that a medicine that was given to me to cure me, could've possibly killed me. Please protect consumers.
# 145:
8:24 am PDT, Jun 27,
Dacia Dyer, Colorado
# 144:
8:23 am PDT, Jun 27,
Jessica Schaefer, Washington
# 143:
8:23 am PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, New York
# 142:
8:23 am PDT, Jun 27,
Twilight Greenaway, California
Please hold these companies accountable. They should not be profiting off the ignorance of their customers.
Please hold these companies accountable. They should not be profiting off the ignorance of their customers.
# 141:
8:22 am PDT, Jun 27,
Christina Ospina, North Carolina
# 140:
8:22 am PDT, Jun 27,
Mary Tommelleo, Pennsylvania
# 139:
8:23 am PDT, Jun 27,
K. Krueger, California
Follow the Golden Rule
Follow the Golden Rule
# 138:
8:22 am PDT, Jun 27,
Dale White, Michigan
# 137:
8:23 am PDT, Jun 27,
James Linthwaite, Massachusetts
# 136:
8:23 am PDT, Jun 27,
Michael Denson-Kratzer, Texas
# 135:
8:22 am PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, Michigan
# 134:
8:22 am PDT, Jun 27,
Star Seastone, Colorado
# 133:
8:21 am PDT, Jun 27,
Alex Stadler, New York
# 132:
8:21 am PDT, Jun 27,
Arthur Lueders, Florida
# 131:
8:21 am PDT, Jun 27,
Michael Treece, California
# 130:
8:22 am PDT, Jun 27,
Julie A, New York
# 129:
8:20 am PDT, Jun 27,
Skye Rarig, Pennsylvania
# 128:
8:21 am PDT, Jun 27,
James Bragado, Missouri
# 127:
8:20 am PDT, Jun 27,
Casey Angus, Missouri
I oppose all prescription drugs. Big drug companies are only out to make a dollar on by any means necessary, including putting lives at risk. Only until someone dies or ends up in a coma, do they take notice of the danger their product can hold.
I oppose all prescription drugs. Big drug companies are only out to make a dollar on by any means necessary, including putting lives at risk. Only until someone dies or ends up in a coma, do they take notice of the danger their product can hold.
# 126:
8:19 am PDT, Jun 27,
M Baker, Texas
# 125:
8:19 am PDT, Jun 27,
Laura Adley, Louisiana
# 124:
8:19 am PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
I believe it does a great disservice to the public who does not fully understand the repercussions of the drugs being advertised to appeal to them through advertising. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing!
I believe it does a great disservice to the public who does not fully understand the repercussions of the drugs being advertised to appeal to them through advertising. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing!
# 123:
8:19 am PDT, Jun 27,
Jeffrey Hight, North Carolina
# 122:
8:18 am PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, South Dakota
# 121:
8:18 am PDT, Jun 27,
Della Pullman, New York
# 120:
8:18 am PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, California
The American public already uses too many drugs and think they can take a pill for whatever is wrong with their lives. Doctors who are educated should make these decisions.
The American public already uses too many drugs and think they can take a pill for whatever is wrong with their lives. Doctors who are educated should make these decisions.
# 119:
8:18 am PDT, Jun 27,
Rainbeau Presti, Texas
# 118:
8:18 am PDT, Jun 27,
P Gibson Ralph, New York
There appears to be too much emphasis on an individual's choice of a drug program rather than a prescribed program by a physician.
There appears to be too much emphasis on an individual's choice of a drug program rather than a prescribed program by a physician.
# 117:
8:16 am PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, Ohio
I think they create subliminal stress for those easily influenced. I also think the drugs are too new and unproven. Case in point Redux and Vioxx have been banned. Chanitx is causing problems for users.
I think they create subliminal stress for those easily influenced. I also think the drugs are too new and unproven. Case in point Redux and Vioxx have been banned. Chanitx is causing problems for users.
# 116:
8:16 am PDT, Jun 27,
Jimmy Arcade, Ohio
# 115:
8:16 am PDT, Jun 27,
Tiffany Katuls, California
# 114:
8:16 am PDT, Jun 27,
Anthony Doherty, Virginia
# 113:
8:15 am PDT, Jun 27,
Edward Cruz, Texas
# 112:
8:14 am PDT, Jun 27,
Kathleen Lopas, Florida
# 111:
8:14 am PDT, Jun 27,
Diane Beaty, Florida
# 110:
8:14 am PDT, Jun 27,
Billie Allen, Ohio
# 109:
8:14 am PDT, Jun 27,
FRANCESCA MUELLER, Florida
# 108:
8:13 am PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, California
# 107:
8:13 am PDT, Jun 27,
Michael Ortiz, Oregon
# 106:
8:12 am PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, California
I am a family nurse practitioner and midwife with concerns about medication safety from my professional experience. Please allow more time for evaluation of drugs before permitting drug companies to promote them so positively on television. Thank you
I am a family nurse practitioner and midwife with concerns about medication safety from my professional experience. Please allow more time for evaluation of drugs before permitting drug companies to promote them so positively on television. Thank you
# 105:
8:12 am PDT, Jun 27,
Rob Defrees, California
# 104:
8:12 am PDT, Jun 27,
Amy Chastain, Georgia
This is a long time coming. Please help protect consumers from medicines they do not need before they are properly tried and tested.
This is a long time coming. Please help protect consumers from medicines they do not need before they are properly tried and tested.
# 103:
8:12 am PDT, Jun 27,
Janice Greenfield, Minnesota
# 102:
8:12 am PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 101:
8:11 am PDT, Jun 27,
Lia Roldan, California