Have you noticed the number of TV commercials for medical procedures lately? Stryker Orthopedics has been particularly egregious, with advertisements for hip and knee replacements. Drug commercials are bad enough…
Ask your doctor if _____ is right for you! Side effects may include nausea, dizziness, sexual side effects, loss of appetite, loss of memory, loss of financial independence, cardiac arrest, and death…
…and of course, the commercials never really tell you what the drug is supposed to be treating.
This new batch of commercials is even scarier. Now it sounds like you can choose to replace various body parts. Sounds like a bad scifi plot.