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Originally posted by Taualumna
I thought that we just couldn't mention what a drug does up here? I'm pretty sure the Viagra commercials with the guys prancing to work ("Good Morning" from Singing in the Rain) or singing in the shower (Sinatra's "My Way") were Canadian. US depression drug ads (for example) tell viewers what it's for.
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Actually, I think you are right.
But I was just reading the
Food and Drug Act and it says in
s.3. (1)
No person shall advertise any food, drug, cosmetic or device to the general public as a treatment, preventative or cure for any of the diseases, disorders or abnormal physical states referred to in Schedule A.
and schedule A says:
(Section 3)
Alcoholism, Alopecia (except hereditary androgenetic alopecia), Anxiety state, Appendicitis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthritis, Asthma, Bladder disease, Cancer, Convulsions, Depression, Diabetes, Disease of the prostate, Disorder of menstrual flow, Dysentery, Edematous state, Epilepsy, Gall bladder disease, Gangrene, Glaucoma, Gout, Heart disease, Hernia, Hypertension, Hypotension, Impetigo, Kidney disease, Leukemia, Liver disease (except hepatis), Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, Obesity, Pleurisy, Rheumatic fever, Septicemia, Sexual impotence, Thrombotic and Embolic disorders, Thyroid disease, Tumor, Ulcer of the gastro-intestinal tract, Venereal disease
So, the way I understand it, is that we can't really advertise for Viagra anyway, even though we do.
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