Show 1153: How to Listen to TV Drug Commercials

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

If you watch television, you can’t avoid TV drug commercials for maladies from type 2 diabetes to auto-immune diseases like psoriasis or rheumatoid arthritis to refractory cancers. Do you see these ads as providing the information you need about your medicines? Or do you perceive them as pushing viewers to request drugs that they may […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at people's Pharmacy.com.
0:14.0	If you watch TV or surf the web, you doubtless have seen a lot of drug commercials.
0:21.0	Do they provide the information you need to talk with your doctor?
0:25.0	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grady. A study published last month in Jama revealed that direct to consumer drug advertising
0:39.6	jumped from $2 billion in 1997 to almost $10 billion in 2016.
0:46.0	Perhaps you've seen ads for Humira,
0:48.1	Zell Janz, Chantix, or Trulicity.
0:50.8	Do you find them helpful?
0:52.4	Are Americans taking too many medications? When you need
0:55.8	a medicine, how do you get the information you need to take it safely? Do you check with
1:00.4	your pharmacist as well as your doctor?
1:02.6	Coming up on the people's pharmacy, call us with your questions about getting the drug
1:06.7	information you need.
1:10.3	First the news. The People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, the Food and Drug Administration has just
1:20.3	taken action against many dietary supplement companies that advertise their products to treat Alzheimer's disease.
1:27.0	The FDA has sent warning letters advising these firms that their products are considered unapproved or misbranded drugs.
1:35.1	The products in question have not been approved by the agency and they have not been
1:39.7	proven safe and effective.
1:42.2	According to the FDA, if the companies do not correct their violations within two weeks,
1:47.3	the agency could take legal action and seize the dietary supplements.
1:52.1	In the meantime, FDA encourages consumers to remain
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