Tylenol commercial thinks SNORING is a sign of good sleep!

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:08 pm

Just now saw a TV commercial about TYLENOL® PM Rapid Release.

Well, I halfway saw it because it didn't catch my attention until I heard the sound of snoring.

What I caught of the commercial showed several sleeping people softly (and not so softly) SNORING. The voice-over talked about the sound of snoring as the sound of "good sleep again."

You'd think...you'd hope...that a huge company promoting a product to help people sleep better would KNOW BETTER what snoring could mean.

It's hard enough to get more awareness of OSA out there.

Snoring is so misunderstood.

What a shame this new Tylenol PM commercial got it sooooooo wrong.

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:48 pm

Well, I gotta tell ya, I haven't used the Tylenol PM Rapid Release, BUT I have used the Tylenol Rapid Release and it works FAST for me! I LOVE it especially since I can NOT use ANY NSAID, including aspirin).

However, we can all set Tylenol PM Rapid Release's advertising idiots straight in a hurry w/a mass blitz of letters and even educational pamphlets about just what snoring can REALLY mean - and it "ain't" a "good night's sleep again" as we all know so well!!!

USPS can use our snail mail business and there ought to be enough of us to flood their e-mail inboxes more than a bit.

Thanks for the heads up, RestedGal. I've gotten to the point I watch little TV as it seems commercial times have increased to the point we get a 1/2 hour of commercials out of every hour of TV time. I've gotten pretty resistant to advertising in any form any way. If it isn't first or second class mail it goes in file 13 unopened, if there is no Caller ID I don't answer the phone, I dump the advertising trash outta the newspaper at the store and don't even bring it home. The more they bombard me the more I ignore it. I don't even check the e-mail in my spam blocker, I just delete the entire mess.

Of course, I miss out on all the sales that way - but since I HATE to shop that is no big deal for me anyway. What I don't know about I can't buy.

Snoredog · Post by **Snoredog** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:25 am

I have to agree with you there, maybe their marketing department watched too many cartoons as kids showing them snoring on exhale

Maybe they really wanted to put a house with Snoopy on top?

You can email them:
https://www.tylenol.com:443/vcrc/email/ ... l?id=email

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:29 am

There is a mattress store in Houston doing pretty much the same thing. A guy is snoring at his desk "because his mattress isn't providing a good night's rest". But since he's about to be fired he'll have plenty of time to catch up on his sleep if he'll only buy the right brand this time.

Grrrrrr!

TerryB

KAZ · Post by **KAZ** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:21 am

Thanks for the heads up rested gal, and the link Snoredog. They should be made aware that misuse of their product may mask a serious SA condition in many of their best customers. Regards

Nodzy · Post by **Nodzy** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:05 am

Well, they just got my two-cents-worth on the commercial.

Rested Gal, thanks for the heads-up on the widespread misinformation being pushed that snoring should remain the "gold seal" identifier of healthy and beneficial sleep... as it was for countless decades prior.

Snoredog, thanks for the link.

Kaz, you are so right. Most of us have done just that -- used an OTC product that only helped us remain in misery because we treated a symptom or two and were unaware of the exact basis of the problem.

Nodzy

Slinky · Post by **Slinky** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:10 am

Thanks for that URL, SnoreDog!!! Makes it easy for us to zap off our complaints about such an ignorant commercial!

sharon1965 · Post by **sharon1965** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:29 am

thanks for bringing this up, RG
and thanks for the link, snoredog...just sent an email

tuna · Post by **tuna** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:36 am

I have snored all my life, but only got OSA in the last 4 years.. So just because someone snores, doesn't mean they have OSA..Just from my experience..

NeedinZs · Post by **NeedinZs** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:11 am

Aahhh...now I know where my dad got his education on Sleep Apnea.

To quote him, " Anybody that snores as loud as you all claim I do, has to be sleeping pretty good!"

sharon1965 · Post by **sharon1965** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:43 am

I have snored all my life, but only got OSA in the last 4 years.. So just because someone snores, doesn't mean they have OSA..Just from my experience..

tuna
you are right, and no one is saying that snoring automatically equals OSA, but the truth is if you are a chronic snorer, you should be checked out, as it IS one of the major symptoms

with all due respect, do you know you only 'got' OSA in the last 4 years? it could have been working it's magic on you for many unknown years, like so many of us here...the fact that the damage became obvious in the last 4 years doesn't mean it's only been going on that long...if someone had looked into my major snoring when i was a kid, i believe i'd be a different person today, though snoring has always been looked upon as a nuisance for the people around you, but nothing to really worry about...

my brother-in-law snores to wake the dead and disrupts the sleep of everyone in the house...he claims he's fine, but he's also 60lbs overweight and falls asleep on the couch every evening...he feels that his only symptom is snoring and that's no big deal, right? and that's where commercials like this can become insidious

advertising is a powerful tool, otherwise these big companies wouldn't waste their money on it...the reason this commercial would cause any amount of indignance is that out of people's awareness a commercial like this sends a message and it is an unhealthy one, being logged away in the consumer's mind to be trotted out at a later date as proof that there's nothing wrong with them, everyone snores!; responsibility in advertising may seem like an oxymoron, but it is an ideal that we can still hope for and if we have a voice we should use it

just my 2 cents

roster · Post by **roster** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:17 pm

tuna wrote:I have snored all my life, but only got OSA in the last 4 years.. ........

You may have only been diagnosed in the last four years, but odds are you had it for years before you were diagnosed. It seems that is the case with the great majority of the members here, myself included.

Suz-E-Q · Post by **Suz-E-Q** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:51 pm

Ha....everytime that commercial comes on I yell, "They all have sleep apnea!!!"

j.a.taylor · Post by **j.a.taylor** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:55 pm

I followed the link Snoredog provided, and shared the following modified version of Rested Gal's original post. So if you'd like to let Tylenol know your thoughts, but are unsure what to write, just cut and paste (like I did--Thanks RG) the following:

As a Sleep Apnea sufferer, I was disappointed by your recent TV commercial about TYLENOL® PM Rapid Release which showed several sleeping people softly (and not so softly) SNORING. The voice-over talked about the sound of snoring as the sound of "good sleep again."

Rather than the sound of "good sleep again," snoring is often a key indicator that an individual is suffering from Sleep Apnea, a serious disease which increases the risk of high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, diabetes, work-related accidents, and traffic accidents.

Untreated, this disease takes a toll on individual health, workplace safety, and family life.

My hope is that a respected company such as Tylenol, promoting a product to help people sleep better would KNOW BETTER what snoring could mean.

GumbyCT · Post by **GumbyCT** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:26 pm

Slinky wrote:but since I HATE to shop that is no big deal for me anyway.

A woman who doesn't like to shop? Got my attention
But what is wrong with this picture?

Just my opinion here folks but consider this -
we are the minority. In advertising & marketing you want to reach the largest part of your audience as possible with as few dollars as possible, right?

So how do you convey sleep?

I know, I know a CPAP machine?

hmmm think there is a future for me?

Tylenol commercial thinks SNORING is a sign of good sleep!

Tylenol commercial thinks SNORING is a sign of good sleep!

AD FOLLY