Maybe not medications, but people generally write off benign symptoms quickly, and a series of benign symptoms can often be an indication of something more serious.
Then that person sees a commercial and it lists all the symptoms they’ve been having at once and it makes them go “Hey wait a minute, all those symptoms sound familiar, maybe I should make an appointment”
Iirc there was a study a few years ago that determined that medication commercials can increase the rate people see doctors.
Maybe not medications, but people generally write off benign symptoms quickly, and a series of benign symptoms can often be an indication of something more serious.
Then that person sees a commercial and it lists all the symptoms they’ve been having at once and it makes them go “Hey wait a minute, all those symptoms sound familiar, maybe I should make an appointment”
Iirc there was a study a few years ago that determined that medication commercials can increase the rate people see doctors.
Then you have to spend years trying to convince your doctor that it’s not because you’re overweight or just imagining it.
Well yea, but that’s a whole separate issue