Something fishy about advertisment for medication.

[Judee Smudee]

There is an ad running for Nexium on TV aimed at senior citizens. Each time I see it something seems not right. It starts with ordinary looking older couple. He says "she worries all the time". What does she worry about? Getting ulcers from her arthritis medication. The ad promotes Nexium as the treatment to prevent stomach ulcers from NSAIDS. I thought that Nexium was invented to TREAT GI irritation by our own stomach acid. I don't know if it would prevent irritation caused by a medication. I can't even remember anyone ever promoting it as a drug to prevent symptoms, everyone I know including myself who takes Nexium has symptoms. Even if it did prevent stomach ulcers would it not make more sense to prescribe Maalox in a person who was asymptomatic and needed to take arthritis medication? Did anyone else see it? What did you think?:uhoh21:

[Euskadi1946]

I totally agree with Canada. The commercials that drive me nuts are the meds for erectile dysfunction. I'm not a prude, but this is a very personal matter. That gal on the Levitra commercial looks like she can hardly wait for her man to get it on with her. SHEEEES!!! Is nothing sacred anymore???