Side effects include heartburn...

I'm calling for an immediate moratorium on pharmaceutical companies featuring long television ads where average people detail the benefits of their products.  Like the med students explaining Vitrol to their prof, on his way to his morning constitution.  They left out the shots of them reading off the drug rep cheat sheet.  And I'm not picturing my aunt telling me I shouldn't take Promiscure if I'd had liver problems, and that I might experience diarrhea or flacid penis.  These are not conversations that happen in real life, so quit pretending grandma gets gas.   

You ever notice that there's a pill for everything?  Maybe that's why health care costs so much.  Which is the one that makes you forget again?    

Comments

[kanbasher]

But what about Bob?? You know, the guy that has a new spring in his step, and a happy missus back at the clubhouse?

[Rob Lopez]

Oh come on, man. Those are what make the commercials so great. I look forward to the side effects being mentioned. The cold medicine that may cause a sore throat is a favorite. I'm not sure which pill it is but I heard one that in rare cases causes death. Now that I'm dead I feel so much better. I believe it's Valtrex that treats herpes and lets you get back to your normal life. Well they track this woman and her normal life throughout a week. Every day of the week she appears to be on a date with a different dude. Hmmm...I wonder how she got herpes in the first place. Plus they mention something (another side effect perhaps) about people with HIV. I think if you have AIDS herpes is the least of your problems. I would be remiss if I didn't at least mention priapism.