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Yet the media has led with “diabetes drug leads to major weight loss” Will doctors inform patients? Wegovy’s most common sideeffects were gastrointestinal problems, including nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting, which 80% of patients reported, according to USA Today.
Here are some myths around DTC marketing: 1ne: DTC ads result in patients asking for prescriptions they don’t need. Today, people don’t see a DTC TV ad and run to their doctor to ask for an Rx. ” Patients want to understand how the drug works and the potential sideeffects before starting therapy.
It’s more about weighing the benefit against the potential sideeffects. Diabetes patients, for example, rely on social media to see what others are saying about new treatments, while psoriasis patients want to know the differences between treatments. Their doctor was a distant second.
The days of someone seeing an ad for a prescription drug and rushing to ask their doctor about it have replaced the quest for more information, usually online. Today patients and caregivers want to know more about the product’s sideeffects and cost, and they also want to hear from current patients.
Our healthcare system is designed to treat health conditions, not patients. What happens when someone loses the will to live because they are tired of dealing with chronic health conditions and prescription drugs that have nasty sideeffects? The post Quality of life in patients with chronic health conditions.
OPENING: TV is great at creating awareness, but it can also scare patients away if one of your sideeffects is “may lead to death.” ” I understand that DTC marketers are in love with TV even though it’s becoming less effective. .” In my opinion, TV should not have been an option.
Nobody will see an online ad for a prescription drug and ask their doctor about it without doing some research first. Pharma websites, more and more, are becoming less relevant when it comes to intent to ask their doctor about a new drug because they too often are hard to read and don’t answer patients’ questions.
Yes, telehealth has grown substantially, but that’s because patients are afraid of going into doctor’s offices. However, that being said, patients will use telehealth for tasks “they feel” don’t require an in-person visit. First, let’s dispel a recent topic: telehealth.
Product websites are stagnant, and online health seekers are going elsewhere to learn about your medication’s sideeffects and cost. A website and TV commercials are not enough to get patients to ask for a prescription medication especially when fair balance lists sideeffects like cancer.
But before the company can make Wegovy mainstream, it has to convince doctors to prescribe it and insurers and governments to pay for it. It has to persuade patients to sign up for some heinous sideeffects. When patients stop taking Wegovy, their appetite returns within weeks, and they pack on weight.
More and more patients demand a level of service they want with the increased costs of health insurance premiums. 1ne: The value proposition of prescription drugs still outweighs potential sideeffects – Wegovy’s demand quickly exceeded supply after the FDA approved once-weekly semaglutide injections.
DTC marketers spend a lot of time and money gaining insights into patients and caregivers. That information should be shared with HCPs and insurers to understand better the barriers and opportunities of treating patients. The research showed that patients wanted to understand how the drug works and the potential sideeffects.
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Rather than mentioning the brand, we sent a Tweet with “learn about the sideeffects of new products to treat psoriasis,” which linked to a page within the product website on sideeffects. ” HCPs don’t want promotional messages; they want complex drug data and statistics on patient outcomes.
Yet, the healthcare experience often begins with a decidedly analog ritual: The dreaded patient intake form. For too long, the administrative side of healthcare has lagged behind its clinical advancements. Its simple: Digital patient intake forms. What is Digital Patient Intake?
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DTC marketers would like to think that patients ask for the advertised drug when visiting their doctor, but that’s largely untrue. 1ne: Pharma websites need to focus more on key benefits as perceived by patients beyond medical terms. Online searches for health information remain brisk, according to Google.
Pharma websites provide the prescription that can help people overcome health problems but too often, they ignore the patient’s responsibility to lose weight and exercise. Why don’t doctors have the “the talk”? I couldn’t find, for example, any CME on talking to patients about weight loss and exercise.
” So, are we supposed to believe that better images in DTC ads lead to patients asking for an Rx? Virtually nobody will run to their doctor to ask about a drug they saw on TV without doing research first. What people seem to be interested in are drug sideeffects vs. efficacy. ” Uh…no.
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