I'll take a stab at the simpler questions here: > do you actually, you as the patient, choose which medication you receive for disease like that? No, but I im

I'll take a stab at the simpler questions here: > do you actually, you as the patient, choose which medication you receive for disease like that? No, but I imagine patients liable to the advertising might mention a specific medication in a conversation with their doctor. Whether that has any effect depends on the advertisement/patient/doctor. > Does your opinion override that of the doctor? For prescription drugs, no.