[nonovurbizniz]

It's called advertising... is pepsi's ad line "almost as good as coke"... no that wouldn't sell many pepsi's

as far as Rx co's being held to a higher standard that's bs. No matter what commercial you see you have to go to a DOCTOR to get any of these drugs... if he gives you something you shouldn't have then it's his fault not the commercials.

If you want something to complain about Rx co's then how about the restrictions on generic drug companys supplying cheaper versions of the same drug to low-income americans and impoverished foreign contries.

AIDS is rampant in africa and all the companies that hold exclusivity rights on aids drugs refuse to make them available to those who need them most.. so magic johnson gets to walk around like superman while millions die everyday from a desease that has been all but elliminated from the rich.

OR you could complain about the fact that the fda approves all sorts of drugs and recomend them knowing that proper long term test have either not been completed or show HUGELY harmful effects after long term use.

Know why they switch anti-depressants so much on patients... because the majority of anti depressents cause SERIOUS long term problems like Seizures. liver failure. and a host of far more serious mental illness' than depression. like good old schizophrenia.

If these drug companies didn't make money on the drugs they've made they won't be able to fund new research to make new drugs that will eventually help others.

Ya it sucks ya advertising is a little over the top when it comes to "subjective" "deseases" like mental illness.

but...that's life and that's america.