Fake drug, fake illness - and people believe it

Started by TehBorken, Feb 20 07 07:26

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TehBorken

 "Havidol"...like "Have it all", get it?
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]NEW YORK: A media exhibit featuring a campaign for a [a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/3967379a4560.html"]fake drug to treat a fictitious illnes[/a]s is causing a stir because some people think the illness is real.  [/p]Australian artist Justine Cooper created the [a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" href="http://www.havidol.com/"]marketing campaign for a non-existent drug called Havido[/a]l for Dysphoric Social Attention Consumption Deficit Anxiety Disorder (DSACDAD), which she also invented. [/p]But the multi-media exhibit at the Daneyal Mahmood Gallery in New York, which includes a Web site, mock television and print advertisements and billboards is so convincing people think it is authentic. [/p]"People have walked into the gallery and thought it was real," Mahmood said in an interview. [/p]"They didn't get the fact that this was a parody or satire."[/p]

"Havidol should be taken indefinitely. Side effects may include mood changes, muscle strain, extraordinary thinking, dermal gloss, impulsivity induced consumption, excessive salivation, hair growth, markedly delayed sexual climax, inter-species communication, taste perversion, terminal smile, and oral inflammation. Very rarely users may experience a need to change physicians."

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The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.

P.C.

Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Lise

Sometimes I feel the drug companies create 'health problems' to the public so they can just feed into the public's fear and what-have-you-not. They should be held accountable for their often misleading marketing strategies.
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