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Re:Doctors want ban on prescription drug, device advertisements by danieltillett on Thursday November 19, 2015 @08:13PM (#10598928)
This is what we have in Australia. Vague ads talking about various diseases and advising you to talk to your doctor about your health problems.
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Re:Doctors want ban on prescription drug, device advertisements by girvo on Thursday November 19, 2015 @08:55PM (#10599102)
"Nasal spray technology"

Honestly though, it's a good system. I can't actually tell you what brand that ad is for, but I do know that I can talk to my doctor about it if I have issues with PE!

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Re:Doctors want ban on prescription drug, device advertisements by XorNot on Friday November 20, 2015 @07:41AM (#10600877)
Those ones are a huge scam incidentally. The drugs are old and relatively ineffective, but the advertising is to get people into clinics owned by the company which then funnel them to heart clinics for check ups before prescribing.
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Re:Doctors want ban on prescription drug, device advertisements by astrodust on Friday November 20, 2015 @01:54PM (#10603055)
I believe in Canada you can talk about the condition, or you can talk about the drug, but you can't talk about both at the same time.
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