• Troy@lemmy.ca
        33·
        2 years ago

        In some countries, like Canada, directly advertising for prescription drugs is illegal. But the marketing folks behind the drugs find these sorts of legal loopholes. The “ask your doctor” line is a cover-your-ass version which is actually saying “Google it”.

        • Techmaster@lemmy.world
          8·
          2 years ago

          I always wonder if people go to the doctor with a long list of drugs.

          Is X right for me? No? What about Y? No? What about Z?

          • SoleInvictus@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 years ago

            I do but I have a rare disease that medical science still isn’t sure how to treat, so I got a few science degrees so I can read studies and make suggestions to my doctors. I’m basically my own doctor now, I just need someone to write the prescriptions and tell me if I’m being an idiot.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
            161·
            2 years ago

            Actually, some 1st world countries such as for example Denmark, don’t allow ads for prescription medications at all. Which is the correct way.

        • PolarisFx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          2·
          2 years ago

          They can advertise, they just can’t say what the drug is for. I’ve seen a few Ozempic commercials, where its just a dozen people asking “Have you tried Ozempic? Ask your doctor” for the entire commercial.

          I wish they wouldn’t, as a diabetic actually on the drug I’ve experienced so many shortages this year because of all the off label use. And while mounjaro is approved, they can’t make enough of it to supply Canada

      • AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world
        171·
        2 years ago

        You can’t sell a hard dick pill and put the woman in the same small tub! Jesus, they would need to be in a pool alone, or in a hot tub with other people. Can you imagine the scandal of people understanding his dick is being used in a vagina!

        Based on our dick pill commercials, you’d think they were anti depressants specifically for wealthy older men. Welcome to puritan America.

  • Stunning@lemmy.zip
    37·
    2 years ago

    Commercial always play with volume FULL BLAST talking about dick pills while the young family is just trying to enjoy a show.

  • 𝕯𝖎𝖕𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖙@lemmy.world
    261·
    2 years ago

    Talk to your doctor!

    Use as directed

    ~side effects my include loose or wet stools, dizziness, painful constipation, insomnia, rapid heartrate, weak bowel syndrome, joint pains, headaches, an impending sense of doom, sudden interest in nickleback…~

  • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works
    123·
    2 years ago

    I recently took cialis recreationally (no ED) on weekend get away with my SO. I gotta say it was actually pretty fucking cool. I’m usually pretty pill adverse. But ya, I’d do it again.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mlEnglish
      113·
      2 years ago

      What’s the benefit if you don’t have ED?

      My friend with no ED said he took a Viagra and it burst the skin of his penis. No fucking thank you on that, man!

      • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
        20·
        2 years ago

        Your friend either hasn’t told you the entire story or is lying. Viagra, Cialis, and other ED meds won’t cause your penis to burst - human blood pressure is insufficient to pop a penis like a balloon. What may have happened is a penile fracture, where the outer sheath of erectile tissue tears in response to physical injury. Typical drivers of penile fracture are situations that cause the erect penis to bend forcefully, such as falling on an erection.

        Taking ED meds without ED will just result in a very firm erection that will likely persist awhile after ejaculation.

        • Doctor xNo@r.nfEnglish
          6·
          2 years ago

          I would disagree as I have torn my skin without meds once even. I did not burst any bloodvessils, but at one point in my life it kinda went harder than ever before, rupturing my outer skin on the shaft and on the gland… It was no fun sight as it healed while peeling.

          If that can happen without any meds, I can surely believe it can on.

          I am circumcised btw.

  • doctorcrimson@lemmy.today
    23·
    2 years ago

    I do not understand the bathtub, which seems strange because I’m not the type most would call innocent.

    EDIT: It appears to be a reference to a TV commercial. Gross, you people watch advertisements?