We have all seen them time and time again: the overly cheerful people jogging through parks, painting fences, or laughing over salads while a voice calmly lists horrifying side effects like “possible internal bleeding” and “sudden death.” Drug commercials are a strange blend of optimism and danger, and sometimes they push things a little too far. Over the years, several have sparked such an avalanche of public outrage that the companies behind them were forced to yank them off the air.
Whether it was misleading promises, cringe-worthy acting, or just plain bad taste, these eight drug ads remind us that sometimes marketing goes completely off the rails.
