Since the late 1990s, drug companies have spent tens of billions of dollars on television ads, drumming up demand for their products with cheerful jingles and scenes of dancing patients.
    • @[email protected]English
      11•1 month ago

      Acetylsalicylic acid is Aspirin, which normally is sold without prescription.

      With the rest of the world OTC medication is still advertised, in US though they also advertise medicine that you need your doctor to prescribe.

      • @[email protected]
        5•1 month ago

        The ubiquity of the phrase “ask your doctor if x is right for you” in advertising here is gross.