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ugggh runnergirl YES, we get so annoyed with them as well, let out a big groan when we hear one. So tired of all the constant marketing in general -buy buy buy, eat eat eat, drink, drink, drink! We started muting all commercials or just putting on tv series on Netflix.

I thoroughly dislike all prescription drug commercials so the ones for bc drugs don’t bother me any more than they all do, and I am stage IV. Whether the drug is for bc or any other illness I wouldn’t hold my breath for commercials which feature patients dealing with se’s as that’s not the nature of advertising. I just wish they would get rid of ads for all prescription drugs.

BTW, I actually do look like and generally act like one of those happy, just livin’ life people with mbc. It is not common but there more of us as time goes by and yes, some of it is because of those drugs. Hate the ads but having been dx’ed before those drugs were approved, they have added precious time to the lives of many with mbc.

exbrnxgrl, you are a lucky one to be so normal like the ads. I have my moments. Yeah I'm sure they wouldn't get very far showing someone running to the toilet with explosive diarrhea, vomiting, lotion-ing up our cracked feet. However, I will gladly welcome new drugs to keep it up, despite all my complaining

my problem with the ads is "hey mom, isn't that the medicine you take?!" "Hey mom, that medicine is for cancer too, why aren't you taking that one?"... Why does an 11 year old need to know this? (And dh is worse. Do you take one of these? It says its good.)

Also, I too could be happy and relaxed and not tired like that if i didn't work, take care of a family, look at my dirty house, etc...

But don't take it if you're allergic or have X, Y, or Z conditions! Like, how is a person supposed to know if they're allergic, especially if it's a new drug? And some conditions they list are hidden types. I wonder how much time is wasted in doctor's offices by patients asking for these drugs, and the doctor having to explain why it wouldn't be a good idea.

Screwitall!!! I like that one!!!

Candy-678: Too funny…..

The TV commercials are incredibly offensive to me and my hubs. If we can't fast forward through them, we mute the TV and come back in a couple of minutes. I can't imagine how much money is thrown away advertising on the big networks. And the women portrayed in these commercials--hair beautifully coifed, energetic, apparently thrilled to have metastatic breast cancer. Just...go away.

Too funny. Made me laugh today everyone.

If all those idiotic warnings were not legally required, it would be sad to see how many actually needed them Look at blow dryers. Most, if not all, come with a tag warning you not to use it in water! Yup, there are probably folks who have done it, crazy as it sounds.

Alice, per usual you hit the proverbial nail on the head. Thanks for the laughs with these posts.

It was song in the 70's by a band called Pilot. They use songs from that area for a lot of drug commercials it seems since they think we are old and need them now.

I can't decide now if I want to avoid carrots or if I crave them.

KID1919,

Yes, I have seen that ad! It's called Peyronie's disease. I don't want to come down too hard on the (mis) use of the word disease as I actually know almost nothing about it. Oddly, I'm not compelled to learn about it right now 🥕 or 🌶

Peyronie's? My husband had it, not severe case,wasn't painful and it resolved itself - without treatment. I once listened to a Sirius radio Doctor show devoted to it and was of course Riveted. Sometimes the partner regrets that it was cured. TV drug ads? In the last year of her life my mom watched a lot of TV which was unusual for her and in retrospect due to the pain caused by her undiagnosed grrr lung cancer, anyway we would watch together and of course the advertisements. I remember wistfully watching a particular ad with a man and wife, a house with a welcoming porch and a golden retriever, and getting all enthused and hopeful like take this pill, her pain would be relieved AND she would get a golden retriever.