Wednesday, September 10, 2025
No more drug ads?!?
The Trump administration appears to be considering a move back to 20th-century style rules limiting the use of drug ads on television. As you might imagine, the drug companies and media companies are fighting it, but.... well, those things are awful.
It's not that I don't want to know more about treatment for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. I'd rather hear about mild-to-moderate plaque psoriasis, but that doesn't appear to have a treatment. It's just annoying to have the same ad play several times during a show, to the point where I am able to sing along with the side effect warnings.
It does seem like if those drugs are so good, a decent doctor will prescribe them without a patient hectoring them for it, right?
