I guess I&#x27;ll be the one to go against the grain here. I&#x27;ve seen a lot of doctors over the years, primarily for mental illness, but my experience has served me well generalizing to normal, physical health. The model of a doctor as a paternal guardian who knows better than you so you should just do as he says is a very bad model. They&#x27;re as flawed human beings as anyone else and the only person qualified to fight for your best interests is you. Doctors get complacent, lazy and fail to keep up with the latest information unless you press them to do so. You HAVE to stay informed and aware to get the best treatment. Ads can serve an important function of informing patients of new treatment options and if doctors could truely be entrusted with your health without question then there wouldn&#x27;t be a need to regulate these ads at all since doctors would only be perscribing the best treatments anyway. Medicine works best when it&#x27;s a two-way, active dialog. In my personal experience anyway.