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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Herpes / May 2006New HPV/ Herpes Commercials?
Hello folks, Its been kind of dead in here, so I thought I'd make a new post to get things going...I guess everyone found a cure...just kidding. I think I was reading one of Angela's blogs about a new HPV commercial, but I havent seen them and I live in RI (New England area). I have seen the old valtrex commercials about the people biking and rock climbing, the newer ones with people of all difference ethnic backgrounds and sexes, and another valtrex commercial similar to the older ones. I have never seen any hpv commercials and I was just wondering if these are from a drug company or if not by who? Questions I have are how come there aren't any Famvir or Zovirax commercials and how come there aren't any informational herpes commercials from ASHA etc? I've had both herpes and hpv for about 10-13 years respectivly, but noticed these commercials are all relativly new. Al I just saw the HPV commercial yesterday for the first time. I thought it was good. ar > Hello folks, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Al Was the HPV commercial on regular TV or on cable? Was it put out by a drug company or by asha or just an organization? Al I don't know because I wasn't paying that much attention. I don't have cable so I'm going to assume it was a regular TV channel. ar > Was the HPV commercial on regular TV or on cable? Was it put out by a > drug company or by asha or just an organization? > > Al Just saw the commercial again on NBC. I tried to catch who it was from. They have a website, which I think was tellsomeone.com. And I THINK it was by Merrick but I couldn't actually see the name...don't know. The commercial is letting women know they can get cancer from a virus. ar >I don't know because I wasn't paying that much attention. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> >> Al > Was the HPV commercial on regular TV or on cable? What's the difference? > Was it put out by a > drug company or by asha or just an organization? I have no idea who put on the HPV commercial. Angela  SignatureYahoo! Messenger - angelals1970 STD Message Board http://yoshi2me.com/phpbb/index.php Picking Up the Pieces http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/PickingUpThePieces/ > > Was the HPV commercial on regular TV or on cable? > > What's the difference? Hi Angela and Ar, thanks for the information. I don't have cable, so thats why I wanted to know which type of channel it was on. I do remember seeing a billboard on a highway near my home in RI for "tellsomeone.org" and being curious I looked it up when I got home. I was about how common std's like herpes and hpv are. Now I just have to see the tv commercials. Well thanks for the input, its been kind of dead in here, so I wanted to stir things up a little. Al > > Was it put out by a > > drug company or by asha or just an organization? > > I have no idea who put on the HPV commercial. I'll have to check that site out. Thanks, Angela :) SignatureYahoo! Messenger - angelals1970 No one's as good as ALL of us! Social Support Networking Alliance http://www.yoshi2me.com/herpes-hpv-ssna.html STD Message Board http://yoshi2me.com/phpbb/ Picking Up the Pieces http://www.yoshi2me.com/pup/ > I do remember seeing a billboard on a highway near my home in RI for > "tellsomeone.org" and being curious I looked it up when I got home. I > was about how common std's like herpes and hpv are. Now I just have to > see the tv commercials. >I just saw the HPV commercial yesterday for the first time. I thought it > was good. Me too! Angela :) SignatureYahoo! Messenger - angelals1970 STD Message Board http://yoshi2me.com/phpbb/index.php Picking Up the Pieces http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/PickingUpThePieces/ > I think I was reading one of Angela's blogs about a new HPV commercial, > but I havent seen them and I live in RI (New England area). Yes, I did post something about the new HPV commercials here: http://herpes-help.blogspot.com/2006/04/new-hpv-commercials.html > I have seen > the old valtrex commercials about the people biking and rock climbing, > the newer ones with people of all difference ethnic backgrounds and > sexes, and another valtrex commercial similar to the older ones. I have > never seen any hpv commercials and I was just wondering if these are > from a drug company or if not by who? I'm not really sure who sponsors the new HPV commercials. Basically the new HPV commercials don't really talk about HPV meds.. they just talk about educating the public more about HPV and how common it is. > Questions I have are how come there aren't any Famvir or Zovirax > commercials and how come there aren't any informational herpes > commercials from ASHA etc? I'm not sure why Famvir doesn't have any commercials out there... no point in having a Zovirax commercial since that's what Valtrex turns into once its in your body at some point. As for ASHA, I'm not sure if they've had a commercial on television or not? I do know they are not-for-profit which might have something to do with that one but I'm not 100% as to how these things work. > I've had both herpes and hpv for about 10-13 years respectivly, but > noticed these commercials are all relativly new. The HPV are definitely new and the Valtrex commercials by GlaxoSmithKline have been going on since the late 90's. Angela :) SignatureYahoo! Messenger - angelals1970 STD Message Board http://yoshi2me.com/phpbb/index.php Picking Up the Pieces http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/PickingUpThePieces/ The ads look like public service announcements but they are actually paid for by the drug company. There is a vaccine for the cancer causing HPV about to be released (if it hasn't been already) so this is the makers chance to build up public fear just before they release the vaccine. I may sound cynical, but that doesn't mean I'm not very happy to learn about the vaccine. I had an old gf who had HPV and I'm sad she couldn't get the vaccine... |
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