ED Adverts Slip Through The Net

These adverts can be just plain embarrassing....

The controversy about the adverts of erectile dysfunction medication has been raging in the United States after an advertisement for Pfizer’s impotence drug Viagra was played at 9pm during a children’s film called Prancer. Not only has Pfizer been doing this but Levitra made by Bayer was advertised in the afternoon while Pee-Wee's Big Adventure was on television. And lastly Cialis made by Eli Lilly is also in the line of fire after it put out an advert in the early evening when the family film Miracle on 34th Street was playing.

The three big erectile dysfunction drug manufacturers have promised not to advertise their drugs when it is probable that children will be watching but it seems that one or two adverts slip through the net. It has not yet been established whether this is done on purpose or if it is just a mistake by the broadcasters. Some people are against all form of prescription drugs being advertised as it places doctors in the awkward situation of being asked by patients to prescribe some drug that might not be the right one for them.

Other people say that when they watch TV with their young children they do not feel that it is correct that they should have to explain what Viagra, Cialis and Levitra are. Also these adverts can be just plain embarrassing for some men and women and they just don’t want to see them in their own homes.

The big drug manufacturers argue that due to the stigma and the embarrassment associated with the problem a man who is having erectile dysfunction issues may need to be encourages to seek help from a doctor and that these ad campaigns educate and guide men about cures for their problems. Opponents say that the ads are increasingly encouraging people who really don’t need erectile dysfunction medication from going out to get it because the adverts make them insecure abut their sexual prowess.