Docs in commercials

[WannaDoc]

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Ok... all these commercials for viagra or fosamax or other drugs... what do the docs in these commercials get for their appearance? Must be something. . .

 

[Rafa]

A lot of the time (the majority of the time?) those aren't real doctors.

 

[BerkeleyMD]

A lot of the time (the majority of the time?) those aren't real doctors.

I do remember a Carl's Jr. commercial with Dr. Rey ... and you know that guy got paid $$.

 

[KingTutATL]

I like the Hydroxycut commercial with that guy who looks 20. What a joke

 

[thegymbum]

Well hey, if doctor's salaries ever get too crappy, at least we'd have that for a prospective worst-case-scenario backup 😉

 

[EddieIndy]

Well hey, if doctor's salaries ever get too crappy, at least we'd have that for a prospective worst-case-scenario backup 😉

Viagra commercials? That's worse than worst case 😀

 

[xanthomondo]

One of those "doctors" was a new graduate from a medical school that ive never heard of...i didn't think it existed

Midwestern School of Medicine?

 

[Hopeful_Doc]

One of those "doctors" was a new graduate from a medical school that ive never heard of...i didn't think it existed

Midwestern School of Medicine?

it is a DO school and he is a DO, paid for his schooling with that commercial i heard.

 

[Carmenita79]

One of those "doctors" was a new graduate from a medical school that ive never heard of...i didn't think it existed

Midwestern School of Medicine?

There is a DO school called Midwestern University, but I always thought they were just actors.

 

[Schaden Freud]

One of those "doctors" was a new graduate from a medical school that ive never heard of...i didn't think it existed

Midwestern School of Medicine?

Hahaha! That commercial cracks me up. That guy's such a tool he needs a shed.

 

[juiceman311]

On his white coat, it says "D.O."

I'm sure he's a legit doctor, but the fact that they had to get a "recent graduate" who is "in residency now!" is funny to me. Most people will be like, 'oh he's a doctor, AND he's in residency! he must be smart! give me hydroxycut!"

 

[UMP]

On his white coat, it says "D.O."

I'm sure he's a legit doctor, but the fact that they had to get a "recent graduate" who is "in residency now!" is funny to me. Most people will be like, 'oh he's a doctor, AND he's in residency! he must be smart! give me hydroxycut!"

think about the target audience they are marketing to.... of course that's how it went down in their head... these get rich quick diet pill scams are great with all the lazy bastards in this country

 

[Schaden Freud]

think about the target audience they are marketing to.... of course that's how it went down in their head... these get rich quick diet pill scams are great with all the lazy bastards in this country

Gotta get in shape for that Jerry Springer appearance.

 

[astrife]

think about the target audience they are marketing to.... of course that's how it went down in their head... these get rich quick diet pill scams are great with all the lazy bastards in this country

Yeah, you would think after the first 5 pills they tried that promised instant weight loss that they would have figured it out. It saddens me every time I see a commericial or infommercial like that because I know that somewhere out there some poor sap is hanging on every word hoping this will be the cure he's been looking for.

 

[Pancho Villa]

i will, however, give that guy credit for being in good shape....he may be a tool, but a very cut tool...and rich now, too. i would've done the exact same thing.

 

[Schaden Freud]

I would ultimately love to get one of those "official medical expert" jobs for some third-rate local news station. Show up there once a week with some fabricated segment...

"Are you a eukaryote and don't know it? Stay tuned after the weather for our special investigative report."

Of course, I'll always roll the stock footage of some geezer pipetting into an ELISA plate and a REALLY CLOSE UP shot of a mosquito taking a blood meal.

 

[juiceman311]

Hydroxycut is actually used by a lot of bodybuilders and wrestlers trying to cut weight quick. Basically dehydrates you.

As for the doc in the commercial. I would love to get a gig like that. You'd be dumb to turn it down. "Yeah, okay cool, your product works. Where's my check"

 

[Wookey]

I do remember a Carl's Jr. commercial with Dr. Rey ... and you know that guy got paid $$.

OMG! I hate that guy! So f****** obnoxious. Maybe it's just because I hate plastic surgeons in general.

 

[HelenaP]

I think the big money is in repackaging some totally common drugstore item as "Specially formulated by a REAL doctor!" Like those two dermatologists that made Proactiv. They must be filthy stinking rich now, and all they really did was repackage benzoyl peroxide at a super high price with fancy marketing.

 

[Dr. Pepper]

One of those "doctors" was a new graduate from a medical school that ive never heard of...i didn't think it existed

Midwestern School of Medicine?

I remember seeing that commercial.

When I first saw it, I thought: There's no ****ing way that some dude was stupid enough to name a medical school the Midwestern School of Medicine.

I looked on the internet and I was proven wrong.

I'm currently on Hydroxycut and I feel dehydrated. Dr. Marshall said that's normal.
-Dr. P.

 

[UMP]

I would ultimately love to get one of those "official medical expert" jobs for some third-rate local news station. Show up there once a week with some fabricated segment...

"Are you a eukaryote and don't know it? Stay tuned after the weather for our special investigative report."

Of course, I'll always roll the stock footage of some geezer pipetting into an ELISA plate and a REALLY CLOSE UP shot of a mosquito taking a blood meal.

sounds like a plan... hey cartman, your epidermis is showing

 

[JonnyG]

I remember seeing that commercial.

When I first saw it, I thought: There's no ****ing way that some dude was stupid enough to name a medical school the Midwestern School of Medicine.

I looked on the internet and I was proven wrong.

I'm currently on Hydroxycut and I feel dehydrated. Dr. Marshall said that's normal.
-Dr. P.

To clarify: Midwestern School of medicine is really two medical schools. Arizona college of osteopathic medicine and Chicago college of osteopathic medicine. CCOM is one of the oldest schools in the country.

Part of me thinks the guy is brilliant for finding a way to pay off his loans so quick. Anothe rpart of me wonders if it was worth selling his soul for that little.

 

[DrBowtie]

Anybody know what specialty he was going into?

 

[NotAnMD]

That guy's school has to be upset with him.

There's also one with a women who graduated from med school at the Univ. of Florida. Does anyone remember what she's selling?

 

[chef_NU]

Dude that Hydroxycut guy is awesome. I really really need to find a gig like that. Making lots of $$$ without even being through residency = no debt = sweet. Plus he probably spent like 2 days total to make that commercial. Think I could pull something like that if I was just a med student but wore a white coat in the commercial?

 

[docB]

So back to the OP's question what are these "docs" getting paid for their endorsements? Is it illegal or unethical for physicians to endorse products or drugs? If you were going to answer "yes" do you have any written policy statements to support you? If you were going to say that is is unethical to endorse a product what about a procedure like lasik or hair transplant? Is it OK only if the product is FDA approved like Viagra and not Hydroxycut?

I always assumed that the people claiming to be doctors on those ads were chiros or PHDs in something or other. The fact that physicians like the guy on the previously mentioned Hydroxycut ads are shilling is disturbing to me.

 

[DrBowtie]

That guy's school has to be upset with him.

There's also one with a women who graduated from med school at the Univ. of Florida. Does anyone remember what she's selling?

I think she was hawking some derm or hair product.

 

[Luba Licious]

I think she was hawking some derm or hair product.

Actually, it was one of those cortisol "blockers", either Relacore or Cortislim. I remember seeing it thinking, WTF? Are you saying this with a straight face?

 

[n0chi]

Ok... all these commercials for viagra or fosamax or other drugs... what do the docs in these commercials get for their appearance? Must be something. . .

why do u think im trying to go to med school?

 

[laboholic]

I remember seeing that commercial.

When I first saw it, I thought: There's no ****ing way that some dude was stupid enough to name a medical school the Midwestern School of Medicine.

I looked on the internet and I was proven wrong.

-Dr. P.

Yea, or Northwestern University. What is with these stupid names?

 

[sentrosi]

If you were in medicine for the money, then doing ads like those is the gig you want to get. Sell out to get your loans paid off? Sure.