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		wirrbel on Jan 28, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not He... I think a lot of this behaviour can be attributed to how the US treats sick leave - unpaid. However, the quality and quantity of medication ads in the US has truly amazed me when I visited. I wouldn't want to be a hypochondriac over the big pond, because the TV ads were so suggestive.

kelnos on Jan 29, 2018 [–]

Today I was walking around SF and saw a billboard for a medication, and it didn't say anywhere what the medication was for. Drug advertising in the US is simply baffling to me, and I'm American, even.

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