From: Jose M. Catasus [catasujm@sbac.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 3:30 PM
To: fdadockets@oc.fda.gov
Subject: TV Adverstisements of Pharmaceutical Drugs

I am seriously troubled by the possible consequences of the increasing
practice of advertising pharmaceutical drugs on TV at "high peak" hours
when children are watching. I really object to the whole concept of
advertising prescription drugs anyway since the target audience should
be the physicians and not the general public. The cost of advertising
simply is added to the cost of the drugs and the public ends up paying
more in order to produce more profits for the corporations which own 
the pharmaceutical companies and the advertising outlets. It's win-win
for them and a loss-loss for us. But what concerns me most is the
influence that such well designed advertising may be having on our
children's view of the world and the impact that this may have on their
developing conciousness. Please seek the same restriction as exists for
pornographic materials on TV.

Please let me know who I should contact in the executive or the
legislative branches of our government to express my concerns and seek a
remedy. Thank you.

Jose M. Catasus