PSA: Consumer Reports RLS Drug Ad Remix
BackThis is cool. =P Starting this month, Consumer Reports is introducing an entertaining new online video series that will track and report on such ads. The videos are hosted by Associate Editor, Jamie Hirsh, and produced by the ConsumerReports TV News crew. This first installment concerns an interesting class of medications that are approved to treat something called "restless leg syndrome." That condition may sound fanciful, but it's a real problem. Something like 3 percent of Americans suffer from RLS, which is characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to keep moving your legs even when you are trying to go to sleep—which obviously could make sleep difficult. Read original article here http://blogs.consumerreports.org/health/2007/11/finally-an-anti.html
Channel: Nonprofits & Activism
Uploaded: November 12, 2007 at 10:48 am
Author: sevter
Length: 0:03:46
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Tags: PSA Consumer Reports Restless Legs Syndrome RLS Drug Ads Public Service Announcements Requip
Video Comments:
dominatress84 (Sunday 16th of November 2008 06:56:59 PM)
to all those ppl out there that make a joke out of RLS,i swear to u it is the worse thing,i would not wish this on my worse enemy i am sat here writing this at 3.47am and am currently in tears with the pains in my legs.i just wish those ppl who dont think b4 they speak could hav this for just one night and see how they feel
bigdaddyevil666 (Thursday 30th of October 2008 02:19:05 AM)
Life can be hard. Sometimes you feel sad or distracted or anxious. Or maybe you feel a compelling urge to move your legs. But does that mean you are sick? Does it mean you need medication?
Maybe, maybe not. For some people, symptoms are severe enough to be disabling. But for many others with milder problems, these symptoms are just the transient experiences of everyday life. Helping sick people get treatment is a good thing. Convincing healthy people that they are sick is not.
legphotog (Sunday 19th of October 2008 08:49:21 PM)
Have you tried anything to stop your face from screwing up like that when you talk unintelligibly?
AikenGhoti (Saturday 4th of October 2008 11:06:43 PM)
Yeah, that's right, the pharmaceutical companies somehow managed to make my right leg and right arm feel like electricity was flowing through them... two years before I saw a Requip commercial. And, even though I've never taken Requip, they've somehow made it slowly progress for the three years since. I guess they figure if they keep making me worse, sooner or later I'll give in and try their drug.
Not.
The stark ignorance of this PSA is shameful.
jthm103355 (Sunday 5th of October 2008 06:41:19 PM)
Youre an idiot.
sardsy75 (Saturday 4th of October 2008 10:49:53 PM)
She's blonde and a ditz. Anyone wanna walk a mile in my shoes for a month? 24/7/365 RLS is something so torturous I wouldn't even wish it on my worst enemy, let alone a ditzy blonde who desperately wants to look like she knows a bit about what she's saying, but in reatlity, has no idea. She needs to find another day job. RLS is debilitating, life altering and life torturing, not just for us who have it, but for our family & friends. No, Requip aint the answer. I gave it the flick after 6mths!
racrx32 (Saturday 18th of October 2008 06:02:35 PM)
Thank you, i take several disserant narcotic meds just to hardly function, I basicly need a new spine and skull, then , i would be much better. i have severe nerve damage from a severe head injurie that crushed my skull and have to have more spine surgeries, my whole body is on fire ans have to wear sunglasses in the house as soon as the sun comes in due to my eyes along with everything else is being crushed, burned and torn apart, imy legs from nerve damage shake . good luck 75.
GSHos (Saturday 4th of October 2008 09:26:10 PM)
andre, it's easy to balk at a problem you do not have. If only you could (try) and sleep for a week in my shoes with RLS. Requip and Mirapex are miracle drugs which helps those with RLS. Show me any drug that has no side effects and I'll show you Heaven. I take Mirapex which is similar to Requip and I don't have any side effects. Please research before typing. Thank you.
oldskoolgames (Saturday 4th of October 2008 07:15:23 PM)
Some PSA announcement..
Nice HIT JOB, prissy little snot. There's a company who designed a boot/device people can wear to feel what RLS can be like. Why don't you do a REAL PSA and videotape your sweet little prissy self strapping it on and NOT taking it off for 24 hours.
Now THAT is irony I can laugh at.
andretheking86 (Monday 22nd of September 2008 06:02:10 PM)
are you happy? sad? pissed? horny? cold? hot? depressed? bored? hungry? tired? sleepy? awake? can't sleep? watch football? play xbox? like wearing perfume? go on youtube? like indie movies? stole some french fries when you were seven at the lunch line?
well idiox is the drug for you
see a doctor (like the guy in our commercial) if you have a head ache, if you have diarrhea, if your dead or if you have an erection lasting more than 4 hours