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Mark Hoofnagle has a MD and PhD in physiology from the University of Virginia, and is now a general surgery resident. His interest in denialism concerns the use of denialist tactics to confuse public understanding of scientific knowledge.
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Want to be a wind up china doll?
Category: Wasting your time
Posted on: November 23, 2009 12:33 AM, by Chris H
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Every time I see this commercial, I can't help but think "will turn you into a robot". After all, wind-up toys are just a really simple robot.
And I believe this type of toy is usually painted metal, not china, although I suspect they CGIed the toy so I'm not surprised it looks like china.
Posted by: Sari Everna | November 23, 2009 2:54 AM
Is it just me (not being accustomed to commercials about prescription drugs) or isn't it rather funny that most of the commercial is about all the stuff that can go wrong if you take the mediciation?
Posted by: MartinRuager | November 23, 2009 7:06 AM
That windup china doll is fat?
What, would you prefer it be anorexic?
Posted by: Katharine | November 23, 2009 9:29 PM
@Katharine, weight gain is a side effect of many SSRIs, but the commercial does not show the robot experiencing any of them.
Posted by: Chris H
| November 24, 2009 12:07 PM
And then there's the anorgasmia. My patients LOVE that.
Posted by: red rabbit | November 26, 2009 11:05 PM
A friend of mine hypothesizes that the required side effect disclaimers are what sell these drugs.
Posted by: William Wallace | December 2, 2009 11:09 AM
This reminds me of the old Alice Cooper song "Wind Up Toy"....
Posted by: WMDKitty | December 9, 2009 5:33 AM
I don't know about Pristiq, but some other antidepressants can make you emotionally flat ... interesting since that also seems to be a symptom of depression. I know that when I was taking Paxil you couldn't make me get emotional about anything ... good or bad ... kind of Spock-like.
Posted by: Mick | December 13, 2009 5:37 PM
This happens all the time. The patent runs out for a drug (in this case, effexor) so they patent the metabolite and market it as a new drug.
Posted by: Tsunami
| April 4, 2010 12:11 AM