Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for August 23, 2021

So, how many benefits are good for you?…..

Anybody else remember the good old days when prescription meds couldn’t advertise on TV?

My favorite part of the commercials is……“Don’t take this medication if you are allergic to it or any of it’s ingredients”.

IMHO, these commercials violate medical ethics.

And give it a name that’s unpronounceable.

Will the Doctor get a “kick-back” if he proscribes it?

Are you kidding? Any responsible person would get medical advice from their favourite politician. Wait until I’ve asked him / her.

How about, ask if this drug treats the side effects of this other drug?

Knowing what the side effects are would be an improvement…..

“Yes, Hideo, you have Farmer’s Lung… related to Hartman’s Palsy, formerly known as Strassman’s Syndrome, the only cure for which is death.”

- The Firesign Theatre, and from 50 years ago but fits right in with all the drug ads today.

i’d ask my doctor, but i’m old enough to not trust swindlers…

Big Pharm’s got to make its big bucks somehow.

The donut hole will make that decision for me.

I was at a convention years ago where one of the speakers spent 50 minutes listing the side effects of a new drug. One of the funniest routines I’ve ever heard.

And remember that that’s 12,589 known side effects.

And at least a half dozen of those side effects are the same as, except more severe than, the condition the drug is supposed to treat.

If the doctor is receiving his bribes, he’ll prescribe it in any case… just to be on the ‘safe side’… His insurance of making enough money policy.

What doesn’t kill ya, will maybe cure ya, but in any case, it’ll still make Big Pharma rich.

The FDA seems to think so

Exactly. FDA is owned by the pharmaceutical companies.

Clearly one needs to get their medical advice, such as whether to get vaccinated, from social media.

Exactly. Notice, they never tell you the price. I just love it when they tell you the new diseases you don’t have but can get from the drug being advertised.

My reaction is nearly always… “I already have all those side effects, what do I need … for?”

The side effects are worse than the disease…

At the end of my last visit to my doctor, she asked me if I had any questions. I replied that since I was last here, I been told to ask you …. and I rattled off the names of 7 or 8 different drugs pushed over TV etc and concluded my question with "are any of these are right for me? She laughed and said, “I’ll see you again in 6 months”.

Let’s face it, some drugs are a crap shoot.

Do I really want to take a drug for eczema that may give me tuberculosis?

The next commercial is the latest class action lawsuit.

I think the announcer means ask your Attorney……

“…and a name that is unpronounceable with a human tongue and larynx.”

All of the above comments make happier than ever that I haven’t had a TV for many years!

Good Job Gary/Susie. This comic is right on point – what’s gonna kill ya first, the decease or the projected cure?

https://youtu.be/iJkESCLs004

That sounds like at least an hour infomercial with the side effect disclaimer taking 59 minutes.

Viagra?

one of the possible side effects of a new drug they’ve been showing on television, is death

Must be a third rate sh!t hole country that allows pharmaceutical adverts.