ask a Pure O sufferer

[Aractus]

All good, the other thing I should have mentioned is the fact that pharmaceutical companies are some of the most evil on the planet. Aside from the fact that many of their products are highly addictive, and even cause dependency - they are allowed to advertise them on TV and radio! Just take Prozac as an example. People can become dependant, and it's impossible to get the down to no dosage at all. At the same time side-effects include suicidal thoughts and birth defects if taken when pregnant. Many people who take the drug were never told originally that they could become dependant on it, that information may be provided now but it's now too late for people already dependant on it. At they same time they lobby governments to allow their more controversial drugs to be approved, and do everything they can to maintain patents. Sudafed is out of patent, so the manufacturer started claiming to the TGA that they need to ban the old formula as quickly as possible because it can be used to make Ice, and to only allow their newer, more difficult to convert to Ice, form of the drug. Does that have anything whatsoever to do with the good of the consumers? Pfft, nope. Not to mention they want the TGA to allow them to sell AND advertise e-cigarettes in Australia.

Personally, I'd like to see ALL advertising for pharmaceuticals banned outright. The only places that people should get their information from is their doctor or their pharmacist - not their TV set.