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[–] bieren@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How else will I know what drugs to tell me doctor I have to take for diseases I don’t have?

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Viewers think those ads are aimed at them, but many of them are for such specific versions of a disease, that the viewership must be extremely tiny. They wouldn't spend that kind of money to reach such a miniscule audience.

The ads are really aimed at the doctors themselves. A doctor with a specific specialty may have several patients that the drug might help. That's whose attention they are trying to get.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Have you asked your doctor about Ozempic yet? Maybe you need to see a couple hundred more ads about it.