Don’t Take DUFUSNAB If You Are Allergic to It!

Just a thought random thought today.

What do the following have in common?

Dupixent, Rybelsus, Humara, Rinvoq, Ozempic, Trulicity, Jaridance, Skyrizi, Rexulti, Tremfyi, Brelvy, Neuriva and Kisquali?

If you have been watching as much TV as this retired guy, you may realize that they are heavily advertised drugs.  But a minute after one of these ads pops up, I can’t remember what it's supposed to cure. 

The ads use good-looking people, smiling after having been relieved of their problem.  I know actors appear in these ads to support themselves and open doors to better acting opportunities, but does anyone have any shame or think that being the spokesperson for a disease will help them?  Several years ago, an actress played "Irritabella," the spokesperson for an anti-irritable bowel disease drug while wearing a body-forming suit with a picture of her intestine on it.  I wonder if that helped her career or her dating life. 

Who thinks of these drug names?  (I’m told pharma companies sometimes have internal contests to name them.)  Do names have a scientific meaning to them?  And how do they pick the shows which run the ads?  Does Gunsmoke have a larger-than-average viewership of people who have whatever Trulicity cures?  How about Green Acres or Mr. Ed?
Do the advertisers really think that patients will actually "ask their doctor about 'Dufusnab?'"  Has anyone ever gone in for a routine exam and asked the doctor to prescribe something that he/she has seen on TV?  And why do all the ads warn the viewer not to take "Dufusnab" if one is allergic to it?  How would one know if they were allergic to a new drug?  Are people that stupid?

When the side effects are rolled off at the end of the ads (including my favorite, explosive diarrhea), why would anyone take one of these drugs given the side effects?

And how did people exist a century ago without drugs like 'Dufusnab'?  I guess their lives were a lot shorter, but maybe more joyful!