• Sturgist
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    23 hours ago

    Since when has “listening to doctors” been an American trait?

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      23 hours ago

      I don’t know. They always put it in the pharmaceutical commercials that are only legal in the U.S. and New Zealand.

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        22 hours ago

        They always put it in the pharmaceutical commercials

        taps nose so they don’t get sued

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          22 hours ago

          People, Americans anyway, are very good at doing what the TV tells them to do, which always makes me wonder how often doctors are plagued with patients saying, “Doctor, is Phabulux right for me?” Completely out of the blue and unrelated to whatever they’re at the doctor about.

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            22 hours ago

            I’d never really thought about it that way. Must be a serious problem though.