Chantix commercial - biggest set of disclaimers ever

[poindexter]

Have you seen these commercials for an anti-smoking drug called Chantix?

The commercial is probably 90 seconds long. The first 30 seconds is a woman describing how great it is she doesn't smoke any more.

The last 60 seconds is describing the side effects: Nausea, headaches, agitation, hostility, depression, suicidal thoughts.

It doesn't stop there: Kidney problems, skin rashes, night terrors!! and I am probably missing some.

For the love of pete... when the disclaimers take up more than half the commercial... its time to rethink your product... or tort reform.

 

[Point of Order]

Yeah, I've had a few friends use this. One said it worked great and he quit with no side effects, but another buddy said it worked great and he quit smoking until he stopped taking it because it was really making him psycho. Another friend quit taking it because it made him feel crazy.

 

[Ace]

Yeah, I've had a few friends use this. One said it worked great and he quit with no side effects, but another buddy said it worked great and he quit smoking until he stopped taking it because it was really making him psycho. Another friend quit taking it because it made him feel crazy.

For some people, though, psycho is an improvement.

 

[Small Town Guy]

Gives me an excuse to post an old New Yorker essay by Steve Martin.

http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20060324/msgs/626555.html

 

[Killick]

I used to laugh at the commercials with the stick-figure sad guy, ads for a social anxiety drug. Among its disclaimers was the side effects of gaseousness, acne and rashes -- yeah, just the things to make you confident in a social setting!

 

[Bob Cook]

My favorite is for Alli, the over-the-counter weight loss pill:

"Patients may experience gas with oily discharge, increased bowel movements, an urgent need to have them and an inability to control them.”

 

[I Should Coco]

For those of us with an 11 year old boy, it's best to flip channels away from commercials while watching sports on TV.

Not quite ready to explain about "an erection lasting four hours" :o

 

[YankeeFan]

My favorite is for Alli, the over-the-counter weight loss pill:

"Patients may experience gas with oily discharge, increased bowel movements, an urgent need to have them and an inability to control them.”

I think I'll take Chantix's side affects over this.

The Chantix commercial is funny though. It goes on forever. It almost sounds like a spoof, like something SNL would do.

I rewound it and called my girlfriend over one night to watch it because it was so absurd.

And, of course, they play soft, soothing music under the announcer the entire time.

 

[wedgewood]

I had a prescription for it once but thought better of it because of all the horror stories I'd heard. Smoking sucks and I may pay big time for this rotten habit. But **** Chantix.

 

[wedgewood]

My favorite is for Alli, the over-the-counter weight loss pill:

"Patients may experience gas with oily discharge, increased bowel movements, an urgent need to have them and an inability to control them.”

I guess you probably would lose weight if you're ****ting your pants all the time.

 

[Brian]

Adam Corolla had a pretty memorable rant about this commercial on his podcast this week.

 

[zimbabwe]

Gives me an excuse to post an old New Yorker essay by Steve Martin.

http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20060324/msgs/626555.html

May cause stigmata in Mexicans.

Holy ****, I haven't laughed that loud and inappropriately for a newsroom in...maybe ever.

 

[Starman]

For those of us with an 11 year old boy, it's best to flip channels away from commercials while watching sports on TV.

Not quite ready to explain about "an erection lasting four hours" :o

He'll find out soon enough.

:o :o

 

[zebracoy]

For those of us with an 11 year old boy, it's best to flip channels away from commercials while watching sports on TV.

Not quite ready to explain about "an erection lasting four hours" :o

He'll find out soon enough.

:o :o

As a one-time 11-year-old boy, I'm pretty sure he's had one at some point. It's not hard to explain to him, at the very least, that sometimes it just doesn't go away.

Hell, you could turn that into plenty of horror stories. "Remember that four-hour erection? It might happen if you don't clear the table."

 

[Buck]

... gas with oily discharge, increased bowel movements, an urgent need to have them and an inability to control them.

That's 80 percent of the year for me.

 

[Moderator1]

Doesn't quitting smoking give you all those symptoms without pills??

 

[mustangj17]

My favorite is for Alli, the over-the-counter weight loss pill:

"Patients may experience gas with oily discharge, increased bowel movements, an urgent need to have them and an inability to control them.”

They tell you to bring an extra pair of clothes to work in case you shart. No lie.

 

[Moderator1]

My favorite is for Alli, the over-the-counter weight loss pill:

"Patients may experience gas with oily discharge, increased bowel movements, an urgent need to have them and an inability to control them.”

They tell you to bring an extra pair of clothes to work in case you shart. No lie.

Even funnier if they actually say "shart."

"Hol' up, boss, I'll be back in a minute. Hey, anyone seen my Wet Ones?"

 

[Corky Ramirez up on 94th St.]

I've learned more about Cialis thanks to watching the PGA Tour each weekend. Cialis, luxury lead sleds and mutual funds ... clearly the PGA is not targeting my 34-year-old ass.

 

[Bob Cook]

Doesn't quitting smoking give you all those symptoms without pills??

It does, but anyone doing clinical trials has to report everything that happens to a patient while on the drug. So if your patients happens to catch the flu while taking Chantix, you note that flu is a side effect.

The problem with drugs like this, too, is if you quit them too early or too quickly, you go ****ing crazy. My dad took Wellbutrin when quitting smoking, and he decided he was through, and stopped taking the meds. Trust me: bad idea.