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Old 09-28-2024, 09:29 AM   #37521
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats View Post
The last couple of week, I've seen an ad for a certain pharmaceutical on TV that's basically just a bunch of people standing around and repeating the name of the medication over and over to where it gets ridiculous:

"I take [name of medication]!"
"My dad takes [medication] too!"
"I should ask my doctor about [medication]!"
then the narrator says to ask your doctor about [medication].

Upon further research, if I understand right this is caused by a very baffling rule here in Canada where an advertisement for a medication can either state the name of the medication or its purpose, but not both.

Yeah, I haven't a clue either; just ban the damned things.
You might be interested in this weeks episode of CBC's "White Coat, Black Art" where ER Dr. Brian Goldman has as his guest adman Terry O'Reilly, host of "Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly".

Under the Influence: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio...-the-influence
White Coat, Black Art: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio...coat-black-art
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