Butterflies waft across a beautiful
field of spring flowers. A delightful young family bicycles joyously
down a country lane. A couple on a park bench leans sensually into each
other. A 40-something woman's face radiates with both perfect beauty and
internal happiness. "All's right with the world," is the message... as
long as you've taken your dosages of Lunesta, Celebrex, Cialis, and
Botox.
Welcome to medicated
America, where the fix for every problem--from incontinence to erectile
dysfunction, stiff joints to mood swings, weight gain to wrinkles-- is
just a prescription away. Thus the beautiful images, stirring music,
attractive actors, and soothing words in the omnipresent,
multibillion-dollar kaleidoscope of drug advertising by Pfizer, Merck,
Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, and other giants of Big Pharma--all
pitching their particular brand-name nostrum directly at us hoi polloi
(the industry spends a fourth of its income on ads and other promotions,
nearly double its expenditures on research and development). The
corporate come-ons typically conclude with a phrase that has achieved
cliche status in America's vernacular: "Ask your doctor if 'Suprema
Wundercure' is right for you." READ MORE
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