• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    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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      1 month ago

      They always put it in the pharmaceutical commercials

      taps nose so they don’t get sued

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