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CU Medallion [51128]
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Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 2:56 PM
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And how does your MD receive your ad-inspired request for the meds they are pushing. The newest one I saw was about DuPuytren's Contractures. I had never heard those words but actually asked my doctor a couple of months ago about a knot in the palm of my hand - he didn't name the condition but warned me that it might progress the way this new ad describes. Has anyone had any experience with this problem and if so, which treatment did you get? ( No jokes about changes in one's palms).
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 2:58 PM
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+1 for successfully deflecting the obligatory remark that was coming. LMAO.
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:05 PM
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Not certain about how successful but have been on TNet long enough to know what was coming (And that opens the door once again with pun intended)
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Letterman [274]
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I have a good friend that had that condition.
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:22 PM
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He ended up having surgery. They had to go through the back of his hand. He said it was painful as ####. I would have something done sooner than later.
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:22 PM
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I'm avoiding any "...little pill with a big story to tell..."
I despise a snitching pill. My daddy was the same way!
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Oculus Spirit [96873]
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Pretty sure I know what's causing this...
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:23 PM
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can you just switch to using your other hand?
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Legend [17086]
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Re: Pretty sure I know what's causing this...
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:33 PM
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🤣😂😂🤣
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:42 PM
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Yall ever feel like they just make up diseases to invent new medicines to sell? I saw one the other day and was like no way is that a real thing.
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Oculus Spirit [96873]
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I think Peyronie's disease is made up..
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:44 PM
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I've never seen a guy with that condition.
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Re: I think Peyronie's disease is made up..
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:58 PM
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Of course they do! Not only that, they list enough symptoms so that
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Jan 30, 2024, 4:03 PM
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… one of them could apply to half the population. If they can hook a hypochondriac or even someone with a legitimate concern and have them run to their doctor, the pharmaceutical companies avoid paying sales reps and the doctors are happy to collect their prescription referral fees.
My wife was in the medical field and she shakes her head at some of the wrong terminology on some of those ads… sometimes they have the cause and effect backwards.
Do what you want, but my opinion when it comes to medication, less is more. Diet and exercise work wonders for your health. After the last few years, why would anyone trust big pharma?!
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:58 PM
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I don't put a lot of interest in self diagnosing; now self dosing is another matter .
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 3:59 PM
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Based on all the side effects of these drugs being advertised, surgery with a buck knife and bottle of scotch would have a better result.
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CU Medallion [61987]
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Yep ...
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Jan 30, 2024, 4:00 PM
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10 seconds of how it can help; then, 50 seconds of how it can harm.
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We learned to operate on ourslves by watching YouTube
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Jan 30, 2024, 4:02 PM
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This weekend my wife is giving me Botox injections, we make our own from snail excrement.
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Re: We learned to operate on ourslves by watching YouTube
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Jan 30, 2024, 6:26 PM
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😂😂
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 4:05 PM
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I'm a high risk diabetic. and before my Dr put me on Ozempic, my A1C hung around 8, 9, and a couple times it was 10. Since I've been on the Ozempic, my A1C has hung around 5 with no checks being higher than 6. It works, and I have lost close to 20 pounds the 6 months I've been on the Ozempic...
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CU Medallion [61987]
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I was put on Jardiance.
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Jan 30, 2024, 4:07 PM
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I lost the 20+ pounds but haven't had my A1C checked yet. 🤞
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Re: I was put on Jardiance.
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Jan 30, 2024, 4:09 PM
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My Dr had me coming in once a month for the first 6 months of using Ozempic...
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You may could have gotten similar results just changing your diet!
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Jan 30, 2024, 7:21 PM
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I went on a low carb diet, cutting out all the sugar, bread and other starchy carbs, and in four months, dropped my A1c from 6.7 to 5.6 and lost 35 pounds!
And I don't even feel like I'm on a diet, because I eat lots of baby back ribs, chicken wings, bacon and hamburger steak. The key is cutting out the highly processed carbs!
There is definitely a lot of concern by many in the medical field about the possible side effects of Ozempic!
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 4:20 PM
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I had surgery several years ago on one hand and the other is on the way but since I never got full motion and feeling back, I don't think I am doing surgery. I blame part of my problems with my golf game on my hand but I am afraid it is really age.
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 6:10 PM
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No need for me. My docs (plural) find enough bad stuff without my help
such as high BP, high cholesterol, prostate cancer, 3 melanomas, hips & knees replaced, pulmonary hypertension, cataracts, kidney stones, fatty liver, etc.
But all in all in pretty good shape for an old dude.
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 6:28 PM
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It does sound like you have it all under control!!😂
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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I am a 1967 rat too. I lived in 10, the tin cans and new f. Got married after my sophomore year. I too have had replacements. I blame it on climbing all of those stairs at school and many years of in and out of airplanes and cars.
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 6:34 PM
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This is an interesting post! First, I have had the surgery to release that contracture and it was successful. Second, the only issue that ever was inspired by a TV ad was high cholesterol. I looked just like the person in the ad and knew mine was elevated so I asked about it. My doctor said I didn’t need medicine. Had to see a specialist for something else and he put me on it pronto. Cholesterol has been under control ever since.
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So he put you on a statin, I guess? Did you know statins nearly double
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Jan 30, 2024, 7:27 PM
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your risk of type 2 diabetes? And there's growing evidence that it increases the risk of Alzheimer's!
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Legend [16472]
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Glad I cant tolerate statins
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Jan 30, 2024, 8:40 PM
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I am on an injectable cholesterol med and love it.
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Re: Of all the medical ads on TV , how many of you self-diagnosis?
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Jan 30, 2024, 6:55 PM
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Pharmaceutical ads are mostly the precautions.
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Legend [17806]
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Clover, how is your Peyronies disease treating you?***
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Jan 30, 2024, 6:59 PM
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Legend [16472]
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Always wondered why they waste money on TV ads
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Jan 30, 2024, 8:43 PM
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We, the viewers, can’t rush out and buy it, and the doctors are already getting endlessly scmoozed by the pharmaceutical reps. Do the drug companies really think that we have much input into what is prescribed for us? For me, it’s always been up to the doctors and insurance company.
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