# I just saw the dumbest commercial. Don't we have enough drugs already? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-dumbest-commercial-dont-we-have-enough-drugs-already/44904 "2000-12-10T17:15:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![avacado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@avacado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/avacado)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-dumbest-commercial-dont-we-have-enough-drugs-already/44904/21 "2000-12-11T08:01:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*The one that really cracks me up is the one for the herpes drug. The girl’s just standing around in ballet class, “I thought it was another yeast infection, it’s not.” I mean, who sits around and discusses their VDs like the weather? > > Not that having a VD makes one a bad person-just a very unlucky person. But it was just so casual, VERY TMI. > \*\* yeah, WTF? I love how the people in the herpes ads talk about not having time to take all the pills the competing herpes drug requires (something like 7/day). What are they doing that they’re too busy to _treat herpes_? Out contracting syphillis? And the purple pill **AETBOND417** mentioned wasn’t Prilosec, it was Vioxx, and it’s purpose isn’t stated in the commercial. Drug ads are getting as inscrutible as jeans ads. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-dumbest-commercial-dont-we-have-enough-drugs-already/44904/22 "2000-12-11T08:21:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > just saw another one, for Claritin. It said it would “cure your outbreaks” but "may cause side effects in 4% of males. First, Claritin is for allergies, not some horrible sexually transmitted disease. Second, Hi Opal! Third, no, we don’t have enough drugs. We can’t cure cancer, we can’t cure MD, we can’t cure Alzheimer’s, we can’t cure AIDS, we can’t cure the common cold, etc. Not to mention the fact that because of mutations and people abusing antibiotics, we’re dealing with bacteria that are increasingly resistant to even new generation antibiotics. I don’t know about you, but I happen to prefer to take an Excedrin rather than chew on a piece of willow bark. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-dumbest-commercial-dont-we-have-enough-drugs-already/44904/23 "2000-12-11T14:27:24Z")
gas with oily discharge :eek: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-dumbest-commercial-dont-we-have-enough-drugs-already/44904/24 "2000-12-11T15:08:35Z")
I guess it would be inappropriate to mention that the generic name of Viagra is “mycoxafloppin” I’ll just leave quietly… ---
**Author:** ![LazarusLong42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@LazarusLong42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LazarusLong42)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-dumbest-commercial-dont-we-have-enough-drugs-already/44904/25 "2000-12-11T15:46:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > **I guess it would be inappropriate to mention that the generic name of Viagra is "mycoxafloppin"** \ But I’ve always like this little thought, which I did not write, but thankfully ain’t copyrighted: There’s a stupid ad for some medical product, which says “In clinical trials, the most common side effect was headache”. A curiously evasive and meaningless statement. The moment I heard it, I immediately realized that the lab results must have looked something like this: ```auto Side effect Incidence ----------- --------- Headache 99% Massive brain haemorrhage 98% Malignant cancer of the genitals 92% Tertiary syphilis 85% Windows NT 76% Smallpox 40% Death of one kidney 33% Explosive cranial dispersal 20% Total body ionization 11% ``` So beware. LL ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-dumbest-commercial-dont-we-have-enough-drugs-already/44904/26 "2000-12-11T16:42:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*I guess it would be inappropriate to mention that the generic name of Viagra is “mycoxafloppin” > \*\* Yeah, who’s naming these things? The one for Propecia is Finasteride (pronounced fine ass to ride). ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-dumbest-commercial-dont-we-have-enough-drugs-already/44904/27 "2000-12-12T02:23:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > > First, Claritin is for allergies, not some horrible sexually transmitted disease. Really? I wasn’t paying attention to the commercial at the time. . . So, has anyone else seen that “Scalp Itch” stuff? I’ve only seen the commercial once, and the usual drug ads . . . Tripler [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-dumbest-commercial-dont-we-have-enough-drugs-already/44904.md?page=1)