Talk:Direct-to-consumer advertising

message: I added some text from the public domain source at http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9219/consumer.htm.  The site notes at http://www.ericdigests.org/about.html, "ERIC Digests are in the public domain and may be freely reproduced and disseminated in any format. On the Web, it is permissible to link to Digests or to post copies on other sites without express permission.  LarryQ 11:16, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I gave this entry a facelift with some pertinent data, added good references, expanded. It should be ok now. Thanks. (Osterluzei (talk) 06:25, 5 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Facelift

message: I believe Germany also allows advertising in the case of OTC drugs: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arzneimittelwerbung
Exceptions exist for sleep medication and psychological problems  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.89.226.146 (talk) 16:08, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other countries? 

message: I am a senior.  I am neither a doctor nor lawyer, and I do not spend my days glued to the television.  However, I ask the question how can the approach taken by the advertisers be not biased and misleading.  The typical format used, and nearly all follow the same pattern, is 1) to present educational or technical statements about the drug and its actions of treatment or disease conditions (say 30 seconds in length), followed by 2) a lengthy seems like 2-3 minutes long voice over reading of the possible side effects and disclaimers to consult your physician.  Throughout 2) you are given some shots of a beautiful elderly > 65 years old couple doing some wonderful, enjoyable, and / or romantic thing together that just makes you heart bubble over warm / melt.  So the viewer is being psycho manipulated by association of all things warm and wonderful with this drug. The commercial is educational but it is also manipulative.  Please explain why this is allowable or even legal. There are many forms of propaganda (some might call it brainwashing)... educating about pharmaceuticals should not be on of them. Danleywolfe (talk) 20:22, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possibly fraudulent advertising approach 

message: Portugal also allows DTC. This commercial, for example, shows often in TV. Notice that, like in Brazil, this is non-prescription advertisement.Rpmcruz (talk) 07:35, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Portugal 

message: 1. Add a section with current changes that are being proposed for drug advertisements 
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/10/15/657598281/should-tv-drug-ads-be-forced-to-include-a-price-trumps-team-says-yes
2. Add more background information on the type of advertisements: product claim ad, reminder ad, help-seeking ad
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3278148/
3. Rephrase “The rhetorical objective of direct-to-consumer advertising is to directly influence the patient-physician dialogue in order to increase sales of a particular pharmaceutical drug” to sound less opinionated? 
4. Summary of what the actual FDA regulations are on DTCPA + its impact 
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resourcesforyou/consumers/ucm143562.htm
5. Possibly add a country where DTCPA is not allowed and what their system is like (ex. Great Britain) 
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/advertise-your-medicines
Maus0792 (talk) 06:00, 17 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Pharmacy Student Edits  

message: Peer Review by Group 26:
1) Does the draft submission reflect a neutral point of view? If not, specify...
Yes. I have reviewed each edit line by line and thought they were objective and as neutral as possible. Furthermore, there were efforts to rephrase sentences that were not neutral. I think you all nailed the neutrality part. I suggest group members to go over the edits again and look for grammatical errors. I also suggest the table under "Types" to be edited to standardize Product Claim and Reminder so that only one phrase is used: either "Provides medication name" or "Provides name of the medication". Great job everyone!! :) OuCarol (talk) 04:01, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pharmacy Student Peer Reviews 

message: I'm not sure if I understand these cleanup tags. Which topics are given "undue weight" in this article? Jarble (talk) 20:39, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Undue weight" 

message: The problem I see with this article right now is that DTC advertising is no longer just a pharmaceutical issue, it likely was when the article was written but in 2019 this also referes to TV advertising and the article needs modifying to reflect this. there are abundant sources for what I am saying. ♫ RichardWeiss talk contribs 10:52, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This term is specifically associated with the pharmaceutical industry. ViperSnake151  Talk   15:04, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: TV