On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 05:10:15 +1100, Jon Anderson
wrote:

On 10/9/2015 2:04 AM, deep wrote:

I like the ones where they warn you to not take this drug if you are
"allergic to it or any of it's ingredients". That one's freaking
brilliant.

My wife is the equivalent of a full RN in the States. She was shocked at
the advertising for drugs advising people to 'talk to your doctor' about
meds with a dizzying array of potential side effects.
She also noted within a couple years lawyers were mentioning some of the
same drugs and side effects, saying "If you suffer from any of these
symptoms, you may be entitled to"

And the GDP goes up both ways! g

The last drug I worked on (Sanofi-Aventis's rimonabant), could shave
25 pounds off your gut in a year with no effort. That is, if you
didn't commit suicide before the year was out. That was a bit of a
problem.

FDA nixed it for that trivial reason; they have no sense of humor.
$100 million in marketing and clinical trials down the drain. sigh
They did manage to sell some in France and Germany, however, before
their drug agencies read the US FDA's report.

Here in AU, there are no commercials flogging prescription meds.
Not that I've seen anyway.

Australia sounds less crazy all the time.

--
Ed Huntress