These commercials got me into an appointment with a psychiatrist. The commercial was of a stick figure and getting on antidepressants made it have a smiley face. I was a sucker for it. I begged the psychiatrist to put me on an antidepressant. I reacted very badly to them.
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I reacted badly to Thorazine in the hospital. Felt like I was going to die
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Against, but I am against all med advertising on TV. The docs are the experts, it should be up to them to do the prescribing. I suppose you have a point that the ads might get you to the docs in the first place though.
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I agree with @anon39736208 , the doctors know best.
Advertisements might make patients refuse treatment unless they get the drug they saw on TV, regardless of how well it suits them.
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I don’t know. On one hand it could match you up to a new medicine and could really help you. On the other hand it could lead to over prescribing and half the country could wind up on an antipsychotic like rexulti for depression. To me that seems scary with all the potential side effects. So that’s a good question indeed.
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they explain all the potential side effects in that fast voice. so they arent technically lying.
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Those are the ads that really bug me - rexulti for depression and abilify before it. Nowhere do they say it’s actually an antipsychotic. I think people would avoid it like the plague for just depression if they knew that up front.
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I do like the Latuda commericals for bipolar depression. It helped me. Probably won’t help everyone though.
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I’ve tried Latuda, Abilify and rexulti all because of ads. I cancelled my cable so I won’t see ads anymore. I wonder how I will find my next med lol
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Thankfully in my country we don’t have psych meds commercials, I think you should take them ONLY if you really need them, also in my country they don’t make you choose which one you want, so the commercial would be pointless.
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What country are you from @anon86306945?
Italy 151515151
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So in Italy if you are on an antipsychotic for a month and tell the doc you want to change because of side effects they won’t let you?
Basically most drugs prescribed by the National Health Service in the U.K. are generics. We pay for this through national Insurance, and get subsidised meds - You have to pay a charge for each item, or buy a pre-payment certificate which works out cheaper if you take more than 3 items a month.
I have had Abilify and Latuda prescribed to me here, but that was a while ago now. Aripiprazole is now generic in the U.K. and the Abilify brand is no more. I guess they probably still make money off the generics.
I read an article a while back from the US where they surveyed doctors, and 75% said they thought branded AP’s were more effective.
Not sure if this is true, but I guess this is what happens when health treatments are commercialised. I am guessing they’re accounting for differing levels of your insurance etc to exploit people who’s insurance can afford to pay more. Not sure on that one…
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We have public psychiatry and free meds, we can say “I want to change” and maybe they will listen to you, but you can’t say “I want Abilify”, they would laugh at you, if you go to a private psychiatrist maybe you could say “I’d like to try Abilify” but even in this case they wouldn’t be happy with your request…
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That’s interesting @anon86306945 thanks for the info.
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Half the time I lose track of what the meds are for because they have to list all the side effects of the medication, and that takes up most of the commercials. It never ceases to amaze me that they can market all these meds as if they’re the answer to what ails people, all the while listing horrifying side effects like it’s totally worth it…
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I think prescription drug commercials are illegal in almost all of Europe. I want it to stay that way forever.
I think most people in my part of Europe would be completely horrified if they suddenly saw such commercials on TV.
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I’m against it because advertising makes such stigmatizing portrayals of the MI.
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commercials run 24 7 all the time here in the usa.
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