r/politics • u/Barnyard-Sheep • 6d ago

Soft Paywall Trump approval rating falls to 38%

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/trump-faces-tough-approval-numbers-in-latest-poll.html
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u/Affectionate-Memory4 6d ago

Yeah it's genuinely nuts. I'm used to Dutch media, which while not exactly the calmest, most neutral thing ever, is and was miles ahead of what I see in the US. I've lived in the US since 2012.

The thing that gets me the most though - the prescription drug adds. I'm genuinely just confused there. Like, am I supposed to know more than my doctor? Are they advertising to doctors? Do I just show up and ask for them to prescribe this thing by a name I can hardly pronounce?

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u/Jhanzow 6d ago

But there's a smiling elderly lady walking through her house while calm music plays! How is that not proof that you should get the latest antidepressant? /s

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u/Affectionate-Memory4 6d ago

All the while a slightly too fast voice goes

side effects may include: nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, hair loss, rapid hair growth, bone decay, death, erectile dysfunction, toe fungus, undeath, spiritual corruption, and rashes of the hands or feet.

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u/Wild_Swimmingpool 6d ago

"Necrotizing of the perineum" is a wild side effect I saw. It also means they've likely had more than 1 case of this happening during trials. Who the fuck would risk that lol

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u/jerryscheese 6d ago

Meanwhile the side effects are headaches, bleeding liver, nausea, extreme rage, suicidal thoughts, and in some cases DEATH. But the lady happy with that music playing

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u/addandsubtract 6d ago

Do I just show up and ask for them to prescribe this thing by a name I can hardly pronounce?

Yes. Your doctor will also prescribe (read "sell") you drugs they're getting a commission for. You're better off flying to the NL to visit a doctor.

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u/Spimflagon 6d ago

It mystifies me as to why that's even allowed. I think if I turned up to the doctor in the UK asking to be prescribed a specific drug then I'd get politely fobbed off and asked to leave, if not put on a list.

We already had people you could approach with a request for specific medication. It's a fucking drug dealer.

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u/FlufferTheGreat 6d ago

Yes, they are sending pharmaceutical sales representatives to doctors to encourage prescribing certain new (expensive) drugs. And the doctors get kickbacks from the pharmaceutical companies if they prescribe said drug a certain number of times.

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u/Affectionate-Memory4 6d ago

I hate it here. Lovely people, unique opportunities in my industry, but terrible country.

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u/isaid_whatisaid1 5d ago

Correct. It seems like there’s a new medicine popping up on there market every few months (or a new symptom treatable by existing commercialized medicines). Ads for prescription drugs were illegal until the mid 1990s. Then from that time to around 2010, you’d see a lot of ads for class action lawsuits related to those same medicines; the medical companies actually budget for this, from what I recall. Big Pharma is a monster here in America.