Drug makers are legally required to spend money telling you their products might lead to a series of horrifying side effects, up to and including death.
Needless to say, for the pharmaceutical industry, this presents a communications challenge.
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Even when they do present the possible adverse effects they use indirection as much as possible. A good example is the DTC ad for one of the erectile dysfunction drugs. The ad talks about “if you experience loss of hearing or vision see a doctor right away.” Would it kill them to say “if you go deaf or blind see a doctor right away?”