Monday, February 18, 2013

Big Pharma ads are amusing.

This drug will solve your problem!
(It might kill you.  But technically that's solving your problem, right?)

Embrel: "Patients treated with Enbrel are at increased risk for developing serious infections that may lead to hospitalization or death."
Cymbalta: "There have been reports of hepatic [liver] failure, sometimes fatal, in patients treated with Cymbalta."
Humira: "Patients treated with HUMIRA are at increased risk for developing serious infections that may lead to hospitalization or death."
Abilify: "Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death."
Celebrex: "CELEBREX (celecoxib) may cause an increased risk of serious cardiovascular thrombotic events, myocardial infarction, and stroke, which can be fatal."

The ads are funny, if you think about it.  First they present a scenario where, after taking their drug, the world is a wonderful place to live in, followed by a calm spoken warning that taking this drug may result in death.

Very calm death, apparently.

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