At one point it seemed that when you watched sports all you saw were either car, truck and fast food commercials. Everyone seemed to need both a Ford F150 truck and a Big Mac. Some gravel road in a mythical mountain scenery with junk food trash strewn around the floor of your vehicle was the idea of nirvana. Those ads have not exactly gone away but now about a third of the commercials seem to be for pharmaceuticals who’s names are as forgettable as they are sometimes impossible to pronounce. Are these the new Greek gods of our era? Of course, at some point during the ads you get the warning about side effects. These always include nausea and dizziness, anxiety, diarrhea, muscle aches and frequently unfortunate things like death. Oh well. At least my eczema cleared up and my poops were fine.
During the MLB Playoffs and World Series I have been keeping track of all the drugs advertised. Below is my running list. Remember to ask your doctor, provider or now prescriber about the list below and whether you need any of them.
Calquence – ask your doctor
Camzyos – ask your doctor
Dupixent – skin medicine
Ebdyss – skin medicine
Entyvio – ulcerative colitis
Keytruda – cancer
Panvorya – ask your doctor
Pluvicto – prostate
Ro – weight loss, Serina Williams endoresed
Skyrizi – chrons disease
Sublicade – opioid dependence
Tremphya – ulcerative colitis
Vandos – In the pursuit of happiness (this is a pharmaceutical company)
wegovy – weight loss
Xiafra – eye medicine
The irony of this advertising is that we live in an age of targeted advertisements. That a company has the deep pockets to buy ads in the expensive World Series market, is a bit odd. At the end of the World Series lets have a closed book quiz and see how we did. : 0