"Most physicians we have talked to also find commercials for prescription drugs offensive. They never imagined that patients would come into their office asking for powerful prescription drugs to treat serious medical conditions like type 2 diabetes or lung cancer. Trying to explain why one of these new medicines might not be right for you could be aggravating and time consuming."
by Joe Graedon, The People's Pharmacy, 7 December 2015
If you're fed up with prescription drug ads for erectile dysfunction, toenail fungus or COPD, you have company. Doctors have come out against such drug ads.
The sleeping giant has awakened. The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest organization of physicians in the U.S. At its interim meeting in November, the AMA called for a ban on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs.