Millions of dollars in direct-to-consumer advertising by big pharmaceutical companies have ensured that most Americans are familiar with the “Little Blue Pill” — Viagra — as well as with competing products Cialis and Levitra. These drugs, called phosphodiesterase inhibitors, enhance the effects of nitric oxide, a chemical that relaxes muscles in the penis. This [...]
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If pills haven’t fixed your ED, it might be time to consider these less-publicized alternatives
June 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Caverject · Cialis · Levitra · Prescription drugs · Viagra
Drug commercial parodies — a roundup
April 26th, 2008 · No Comments
As you know, we like to post links to parodies of pharmaceutical commercials. Rather than publish these individually, though, I thought I’d provide all these links in a single roundup post. Here are some popular parodies of current drug ads — one for each drug. (Be warned that some of them are a [...]
Tags: Cialis · Lipitor · Mirapex · Viagra · Zoloft · drug commercial parodies
Top 25 prescription drug searches for March 2008
April 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Here are the top 25 searches on eDrugSearch.com for the month of March, including searches for both medications and medical conditions, starting with the most popular search. eDrugSearch.com visitors have conducted more than five million searches since our launch in January 2007.
1. Viagra
2. Vytorin
3. Provigil
4. Cialis
5. Synvisc
6. Fosamax
7. Finasteride
8. Amoxicillin
9. Lotrel
10. Wellbutrin
11. Lipitor
12. Lyrica
13. Naproxen
14. [...]
Tags: Cialis · Prescriptions · Provigil · Viagra · Vytorin · Yasmin
Connectile dysfunction
February 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Sprint’s Super Bowl commercial that parodies Big Pharma’s male-impotence advertising is hilarious.
(Via NFL-Scores.)
Tags: Cialis · Erectile dysfunction · Pharmaceutical marketing · Viagra · drug commercial parodies
If a doctor’s advice is needed to take prescription drugs, why are they being advertised?
February 1st, 2007 · 1 Comment
From John Whiteside of the Houston Chronicle’s Blue Bayou blog:
The Lunesta moth! Running through fields of flowers! The purple pill! The couple that loves the, er, flexibility of Cialis! Television today is a pharmaceutical wonderland … As I watch those ads, I wonder, is this really a good idea?…
These are all good drugs that help [...]
Tags: Big Pharma · Cialis · Lunesta · Prescription drugs
