Pluggers by Rick McKee for October 08, 2022

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 2 years ago

    yikes

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    allen@home  about 2 years ago

    If a doctor said i needed that drug. I would pass on it.

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    Kymberleigh  about 2 years ago

    If my doctor prescribed anything that had “spontaneous combustion and unprovoked squirrel attacks” as a side effect, I would question her sanity.

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    Zykoic  about 2 years ago

    New studies show that the medicine you are now taking is cheap so we have a new medicine that does the same thing but cost 5X more.

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    jmolay161  about 2 years ago

    The hilarious thing about TV drug ads is that the long list of side effects almost always sounds worse than what you would be taking the medicine for.

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    Gent  about 2 years ago

    Eh side effects of all drugs look as worse as these.

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    naplllp  about 2 years ago

    Also an irresistable urge to jaywalk in a no-jaywalking zone.

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    juicebruce  about 2 years ago

    As if you have to tell the lawyers why they are suing the drug companies …

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    Beaker  about 2 years ago

    If the side effects include constipation and diarrhea how would you know?

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    Doug K  about 2 years ago

    The most “important” warning: “Do not take if you are allergic to it.”

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    PraiseofFolly  about 2 years ago

    Some of the drug advertisements in magazines provide nearly a full page of warnings and possible side effects in 4-point typeface. So if something bad takes place, you were warned — including eyestrain from reading the ad, I guess.

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    Saddenedby Premium Member about 2 years ago

    plus they never tell you what meds you can’t take it with – like half the things the doc’s already prescribed for you

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    david_42  about 2 years ago

    A decade or so back, I was at a convention and one of the speakers spent 50 minutes listing the side effects of a very expensive new drug, that didn’t actually do anything except have side effects. Humor.

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    GreenT267  about 2 years ago

    They spend so much time listing the possible side effects that I usually don’t remember what the drug is actually for. And often it is just an acronym that I’ve never heard of in a medical context.

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    KFischer1  about 2 years ago

    That’s true for any drug out there. There is no cut off for age, pluggers don’t have an edge here.

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    Just-me  about 2 years ago

    Yeah, when one of the side effects of a medication or treatment is death, it’s time to reevaluate. We all face death, but I’m not in a big hurry to give it a jump start…

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    KEA  about 2 years ago

    either that or you have all the side effects before taking the medication

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    Calvins Brother  about 2 years ago

    Then you have to take another drug to counteract the previous side effects. (and on, and on….)

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    Rose Madder Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Absolutely – ‘dead’ on. ‘May cause death’. Wonderful…

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    the lost wizard  about 2 years ago

    It’s when they tell you that your blood pressure medication may cause strokes that you really start to worry. :)

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    'IndyMan'  about 2 years ago

    My question is: How do you know if you are allergic to it unless you take it ?

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    'IndyMan'  about 2 years ago

    Another good one is: ’ may cause occasional spotty bleeding ’ and ‘swollen tender breasts’ and the medication is prescribed for a male ! ! !

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    Prof. Mementomori's Traveling Reincarnation Show  about 2 years ago

    Continue use of Dammitol™ only until deep pockets disappear.

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    martinman8  about 2 years ago

    it forgot the dieria part. seems like everything causes that today.

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    g04922  about 2 years ago

    Like the old timers always said…. “It’ll will either kill ya or cure ya”.

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    goboboyd  about 2 years ago

    On the other hand, if your life could use a bit of excitement…

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    Judy Hendrickson [Unnamed Reader - 852856]  about 2 years ago

    Ain’t that the truth!

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    edle5  about 2 years ago

    It may cause Cancer, Heart disease & possible stroke also:)

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    tcayer  about 2 years ago

    I like the one for depression that “May cause sexual disfunction.” Well THAT would make me MORE depressed!

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    tcayer  about 2 years ago

    I was prescribed Uloric for gout. A while later, I saw the TV ad with the guy carrying the giant green beaker. The side effects were numerous and nasty. SO I stopped taking it (even though the ad said ’don’t stop taking it without consulting your doctor.) Several months later I got a gout attack. My doctor said “aren’t you taking Uloric?” I told him I had stopped because I didn’t like the sound of those side effects. He told me most people don’t get any, and I hadn’t had any while I was taking it. So I started up again. Fast forward a couple of years and I get a call out of the blue from my doctor’s office telling me to stop taking it right away, and come in for an alternative. Uloric had been “Black Boxed” by the FDA for causing sudden cardiac death! Of course I had just refilled it for $380 for a 3 month supply. I still have the bottle all these years later!

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    gopher gofer  about 2 years ago

    not to worry – the doctor will prescribe something to cure the unprovoked squirrel attacks. unfortunately, its side effects include sudden urges to streak and exploding toes…

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    pamela welch Premium Member about 2 years ago

    This made me laugh; probably because I can identify with it.

    The side effects rattled off at 90 miles an hour during an ad make me shake my head; I’ll live with the disease, thanks anyway.

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    DaBump Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Praise God my health is such that I am still not taking any medication, but I have been noting that aspect of drug commercials for years. No spontaneous combustion or unprovoked squirrel attacks, but I think I once saw something about purple spots on the tongue.

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    LC64  about 2 years ago

    I don’t remember which drug commercial ended the list of side effects with “If you die, be sure to let us know.”

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