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As someone who also has mental health issues, I want to say I agree. However, I don't think ads are the optimal way for a populace to stay educated. Personally,
by arawde 11y ago
As someone who also has mental health issues, I want to say I agree. However, I don't think ads are the optimal way for a populace to stay educated. Personally, every medication I've been prescribed has been followed by my own research as to how the medication is designed to work.
I will agree though that the relationship between me and my doctor should be a two-way one. I am completely open with my doctor and make it known what i expect out of them, and they are the same with me.
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- c3534l 11y agoIt's not the best solution, but I don't think banning them will do any good. I'm more rebutting the attitude in this thread that medical information is only for your doctor and not you. I don't think you'll get better health outcomes by focusing all of your medical advertising budget on influencing doctors behind the backs of patients. And advertising does serve a legitimate purpose; I knew a woman with restless leg syndrome who had suffered from it for all her life, but a treatment wasn't developed until something like 5 or 10 years ago. She'd have never asked her doctor about it had she not seen the advertising since she had gone without medication for 50 or 60 years at that point.
- chillwaves 11y agoWe should just ban profit seeking in health care. It removes the incentive to cheat.