This 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 ociate 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
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RLS sucks! I have …
RLS sucks! I have it and it is true. Late at night I have to move my legs or feet or else it starts to make a burning sensation. Only occurs during rest.
shiiiiiiiiiiit, all …
. lol but no rlly i feel srry for those 3% of u who suffer. i agree about the falling asleep while driving, the side effects are a bit weird… i hope it wont cause rape…
shiiiiiiiiiiit, all u need is some weed
I have sympathy for …
I have sympathy for those who really suffer from this. I take medication for very real diseases too. She isn’t making fun of the condition or saying it’s made up. she’s making fun of the pharmaceutical companies.
They market …
They market directly to the public a drug to treat a very rare disease. They won’t recoup the money spent on marketing unless they can sell to people who are fine. If you have RLS you’ve probably gone to the doctor already, you don’t need a tv ad to tell you what you already knew.
Some of the side …
Some of the side effects sound nice. Move over Viagra.
My goodness she’s …
My goodness she’s pretty.
F- -k you, and …
F- -k you, and Consumer Reports!!! I have severe RLS, it’s very real and very agonizing!
this is …
this is ignorant !! many people have this disease and think that they are hallucinating !! stop making fun of it !!
OMG!..I have this …
OMG!..I have this all the effen time!…I have to have my husband punch my legs or sit on them and aaahhhhh It feels soooo good, but I was told today that It’s bad to have him punch my legs and that I need magnesium in my body to help this!…so, I’m gonna try it!!!!
I have RLS and it …
I have RLS and it has nothing to do with seeing ads. Anyway, I don’t take meds but am trying vitamins. Magnesium and vitamin B seems to be helping. Smoking a little pot works extremely well but I reserve that for emergencies only since I don’t like being buzzed.
This is no joke. …
This is no joke. It’s about 2:10 am and I am up with the feeling like there are ants crawling up and down my legs INSIDE MY BONES. And now that it’s colder out, it is even worse.
to all those ppl …
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
Life can be hard. …
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.
Have you tried …
Have you tried anything to stop your face from screwing up like that when you talk unintelligibly?
Thank you, i take …
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.
Youre an idiot.
Youre an idiot.
Yeah, that’s right, …
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.
She’s blonde and a …
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!
andre, it’s easy to …
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.
Some PSA …
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.
are you happy? sad? …
are you happy? sad? ed? ? 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
nice feet
nice feet
It’s called …
It’s called marketing you IDIOT !
Nice Vid —- Just …
Nice Vid —- Just that girl (the host) I dunno She kinda t me OFFFFFFF…
thanks for doing …
thanks for doing this.