Partnership to Protect Patient Health

12/15/2025

By putting guard rails around “bad drug” ads, policymakers can help protect patients and promote a strong relationship between patients and their health care providers.

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12/08/2025

Ominous TV ads disguised as health alerts or public service announcements can be more than just a nuisance.

Lawmakers are stepping in to protect people against the ads’ misleading tactics and their potentially dangerous health consequences.

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Ominous television ads disguised as health alerts or public service announcements can be more than just a nuisance. That’s why lawmakers are stepping in to protect people against the ads’ misleading tactics and their potentially dangerous health consequences.

12/01/2025

Research has found that "bad-drug" ads can frighten patients into abandoning critical life-saving medications without first consulting their health care provider.

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11/24/2025

Policymakers should require advertisements to properly warn patients that it is dangerous to stop taking a prescribed medication before consulting with a physician.

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11/10/2025

PPPH raises awareness about the risk these "bad drug" ads pose for patients' health.

Learn more about our mission to protect patients: https://bit.ly/4e6Oaxm

11/03/2025

“Bad drug” advertisements perpetuate misleading information about FDA-approved medications, urging patients to call a 1-800 number to join a lawsuit alluding to potential payouts.

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10/27/2025

? More than half of health care providers have had a patient, without consulting their doctor, stop taking a prescribed medication after seeing ads about drug injury lawsuits.

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10/20/2025

? Seniors are especially susceptible to "bad drug" ads given their television habits.

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10/13/2025

"It’s the job of every health care provider to actively counter misinformation, including that from “1-800-BAD-DRUG” ads."

Chloe Villavaso, MN, shares her experience with patients and .

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When I became an advanced practice nurse, I never thought I’d be competing with the television for my patient’s trust. Yet here I am.

10/06/2025

Deceptive “bad drug” advertisements reveal a lapse in regulation on what is otherwise a highly regulated topic—patients and prescription drugs.

Read more in PPPH's policy paper: https://bit.ly/4bFCVfk

09/29/2025

? Drug-injury advertisements perpetuate misinformation about medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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