Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertising - Beneficial or Detrimental?

I like to know what is out there in case they find the magic pill. the one that cures all illnesses.

To be serious, it depends in what head it gets, I heard people doing their own dx and asking drs for the new pill. I can understand the medical world being a bit offset by all these adds. Sometimes it comes out even before  drs know about it.

It bugs me to try to listen to all the wording at the end of the ads, the person does not even breath for about 5 minutes listing all the side effects and the "no nos".

The same for the fine fine prints in the magazines. But informaion being information, sometimes overloaded it comes with the times and prescribers have to get sharpers.

I prefer learning about new meds that way than by junk email about medication to"enhance a part of me that I don't even own"

Marie

Just thought this was funny- while on a google page, one of the ads on the right side

was about migraines. It said something about "proven custom headaches" yeah, I'd like to order a custom headache, please...  LOL

and many mds and pharmacits dont give or get all the info.

i just switched meds after with possible hempelegic and they wont run the tests got a rx was a clear no no. 

 every thing we read and hear is to be taken with a grain of salt.

and a warning to do your own research.