ything." It is bad enough we are inundated with commercials for heavily controlled drugs that we should "ask our doctor about" but analgesics are readily available without presc"I'm an Advil guy" says one TV commercial, or in a series of unlikely scenarios, one depicts a couple of men fly-fishing and as soon as a man winces with 'arthritic pain' in his shoulder, his friend, in the middle of the wilderness, magically takes a new pack of Aleve from his pocket and offers it to his friend. Similar situations are shown where it appears as though everyone walks around with a new box of analgesics in their pocket in case they or someone they are with complains of an ache or needs some form of pain relief.

The acceptance of these unlikely scenes has a subliminal effect on TV viewers for as some politician once said "tell people something often enough and they will believe anything." It is bad enough we are inundated with commercials for heavily controlled drugs that we should "ask our doctor about" but analgesics are readily available without presc

shoulder, his friend, in the middle of the wilderness, magically takes a new pack of Aleve from his pocket and offers it to his friend. Similar situations are shown where it appears as though everyone walks around with a new box of analgesics in their pocket in case they or someone they are with complains of an ache or needs some form of pain relief.

The acceptance of these unlikely scenes has a subliminal effect on TV viewers for as some politician once said "tell people something often enough and they will believe anything." It is bad enough we are inundated with commercials for heavily controlled drugs that we should "ask our doctor about" but analgesics are readily available without presc

pears as though everyone walks around with a new box of analgesics in their pocket in case they or someone they are with complains of an ache or needs some form of pain relief.

The acceptance of these unlikely scenes has a subliminal effect on TV viewers for as some politician once said "tell people something often enough and they will believe anything." It is bad enough we are inundated with commercials for heavily controlled drugs that we should "ask our doctor about" but analgesics are readily available without presc

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The acceptance of these unlikely scenes has a subliminal effect on TV viewers for as some politician once said "tell people something often enough and they will believe anything." It is bad enough we are inundated with commercials for heavily controlled drugs that we should "ask our doctor about" but analgesics are readily available without presc

ything." It is bad enough we are inundated with commercials for heavily controlled drugs that we should "ask our doctor about" but analgesics are readily available without prescription on supermarket and pharmacy shelves and as a result, many teenagers who succumb to advertising hype, end up as pain killer drug addicts.

"Don't underestimate the analgesic drug problem amongst teens – it is escalating fast and has reached frightening proportions," said Judy Cutler, a well-known nutritionist in Southern California and developer of 'Naturally Painless,' a Natural Pain Relieving spray.

"As a nutritionist I have often come across damage inadvertently caused to kidney and stomach function that can be directly assigned to irresponsible overuse of analgesics for the slightest ache or pain. These heavy commercial campaigns have created a generation of hypochondriacs more