Men’s Health

Nothing has me more anguished these days than the parade of ads on television for products like Viagra, Yaz, Cialis, and the like. They legitimately make me angry, and appreciative of the fact that the advertisement of pharmaceutical products is illegal on Canadian television. Want evidence that Big Pharmaceutical companies are putting the pursuit of profit ahead of the well-being of people? Take the results of a recent study by the Royal Society of Chemistry, in an article entitled "Drug adverts full of unsupported claims":

42 out of the 53 ads (nearly 80 per cent) the researchers examined made at least one claim the team couldn't substantiate. 27 made a claim that was not supported by the data source cited by the ad. A further 15 contained claims that couldn't be verified by the team - usually because the ads provided no sources of data to back up their claims, or made claims that could not be verified because drug firms either failed to respond to the researchers' requests for trial data, or refused to supply it.

Six out of nine pharmaceutical companies - including GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Shire - did not reply to the researchers, while Wyeth refused to send trial data.

Here is the rest of the article, which I found today. On the bright side, this article validated my hatred for these commercials and these companies further. So please don't buy this crap, ever.