Does anyone else turn the channel or mute the tv when this advertisement comes on??

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36. Something to remember is that ANY drug that is advertised on TV is an expensive drug.

It is usually a drug that still does not have a generic equivalent and so the manufacturer wants to gin up enough sales before it's old enough to go off patent. When they tell you to ask your doctor if the drug is "right" for you, your doctor interprets that as this patient wants me to prescribe this and may go to another doctor if I don't.

You almost never have a doctor definitively say, "this drug isn't appropriate for your condition" or "there are better and less expensive ways to treat your condition." But the patient almost never comes back later and definitively says, "Why didn't you tell me this drug was in such a higher tier that I have to pay so much extra."

You also never see ads saying take a generic Tylenol or ibuprofen for your pain, or you can safely take ibuprofen and acetaminophen together for greater pain control if needed rather than the prescription version.