AFAIK, advertising speech is protected slightly less than political speech. But yes, it's still speech.
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Originally posted by Theben
Advertising here is covered under free speech, and yes doctors do advertise.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Not quite. The Supremes have held that commercial speech is not protected by the Constitution.
That is why you see those lawyer ads. The American Bar Association banned lawyers from advertising. A few lawyers sued and the Supreme Court said their commerical speech is protected, but the bar association can put limits on it, such as not making claims that can't be measured and not making misleading statements.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
You just aren't allowed to make medical claims IIRC.
So pharmacuticals aren't allowed to make scientifically supported claims? How do you lot figure out what, say, Viagra does?
Of course, this particular drug has been all over the tabloids, so probably everyone know its basic function.
I'm not sure what the law says, but you in practice only see ads for prescription-free drugs. Hard to see what would be the point in advertizing prescription drugs anyway.Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
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Hard to see what would be the point in advertizing prescription drugs anyway.
It's so patients can ask their doctors about the drug. Without the advertising the doctor may not mention such a drug to the patient. After all, how many people tell their doctor that they have problems getting it up if they aren't away of a cure for it? Not many, but if there is a solution for it, they may ask questions about Viagra or Cialius, etc.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Hard to see what would be the point in advertizing prescription drugs anyway.
It's so patients can ask their doctors about the drug. Without the advertising the doctor may not mention such a drug to the patient. After all, how many people tell their doctor that they have problems getting it up if they aren't away of a cure for it? Not many, but if there is a solution for it, they may ask questions about Viagra or Cialius, etc.
In our over medicated society we simply do not need more drugs. It's not as if drug companies aren't up to disease mongering to improve sales either.Only feebs vote.
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Originally posted by Agathon
But people know so little about drugs that it is hopeless. Doctors are experts. Some of them are bad, but generally it is better off if the decisions are left up to the experts. If drug companies advertise, people are probably going to want to nag their doctor for it, even if the doctor knows it won't work or won't work as well as something else.
In our over medicated society we simply do not need more drugs. It's not as if drug companies aren't up to disease mongering to improve sales either.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Why is it hopeless? Patients just ask their doctors about it. The doctors will tell them if they really need it or not. And the doctor will probably try to push his own drugs as well (the ones that he's been given by the pharma companies
The second is something else that needs to be stamped out. As for the first, people will ask their doctors about it and then change doctors to the ones that will pander to their advertising induced prejudices.
Medicine is a science, not a consumer product like hats, and should be guided by scientific decision making not the ill-informed preferences of patients.Only feebs vote.
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As for the first, people will ask their doctors about it and then change doctors to the ones that will pander to their advertising induced prejudices.
Why do you think that? Do you have any experience that this has happened?“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Originally posted by duke o' york
Prescription drugs aren't advertised to the general public, but direct to doctors. Ask Dr Strangelove about the incredible drug company freebies he gets offered."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
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Originally posted by Asher
I've heard radio advertisements for emergency rooms on US radio stations.
Hi there! Have you just had an arm ripped off . . . ot maybe you've ingested poison. Don't go to that emergency room around the corner. Who knows how good they are?
You deserve the best, so race across town to Acme Emergency Room, where we honor most insurance plans.
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So SCOTUS ruled that advertising is speech? That's a bit odd to me, since as I said, advertising is not about a person's statement on any particular issue.
I guess this would be up to interpretation by the supreme court of the land).(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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