My wife read the warning label on some medication she had been prescribed. She decided the risk of death or even the lesser side effects wasn’t worth whatever relief it might have given her. Later on when they had some class action suit on that very same medication, she thought, “Well they didn’t read the the warnings.”
The pharmacist should explain whatever it is that he wants the patient to glean by reading. What if the patient can’t read, or he’s not fluent in English?
C about 1 year ago
This really needs the piano of impending doom accompaniment
flashdrive1988 about 1 year ago
He should offer the standard tiny Pharmaceutical bottle, with the usual 0.0000001 pica print of instructions.
sandpiper about 1 year ago
Agree with that. Company self-promotion gets majority of space. Essential consumer info becomes an ink blot, which means whatever you guess it means.
jaydogg187 about 1 year ago
Possible disclaimer: “Do not consume without the presence of an attorney.”
win.45mag about 1 year ago
One micro gram helps, 2 kills.
Dani Rice about 1 year ago
Sometimes the side effects are worse than the illness.
Charles about 1 year ago
Unfortunately, government mandates the useful and potentially life-saving instructions be hidden behind ten pages of completely useless warnings.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 1 year ago
He’ll never take it if he reads the possible side effects section.
rmercer Premium Member about 1 year ago
“Pretty much anything is possible as a side effect.”
dflak about 1 year ago
My wife is a nurse, so whenever one of her patients is prescribed a drug, she looks it up.
For one of my medications there are 8 pages of side effects. Fortunately, none of them are death.
one more ole man about 1 year ago
Are the side affects worse than what it is supposed to cure?
jconnors3954 about 1 year ago
And a magnifying glass.
tremaine53 about 1 year ago
I notice that the instructions are in incredibly small script.
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom about 1 year ago
It probably says something about anal leakage in the small print.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 1 year ago
“Do not take this medication under any circumstances.”
mindjob about 1 year ago
I unfurled the instructions on one of my pill bottles and thought I had discovered the Dead Sea scrolls
h.v.greenman about 1 year ago
It takes longer to read the instructions, than the prescription is for
Mediatech about 1 year ago
Nitroglycerin pills?
Calvins Brother about 1 year ago
…And don’t, whatever you do, chew it!!!!
monya_43 about 1 year ago
One of the side effects of life is death.
David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs about 1 year ago
My wife read the warning label on some medication she had been prescribed. She decided the risk of death or even the lesser side effects wasn’t worth whatever relief it might have given her. Later on when they had some class action suit on that very same medication, she thought, “Well they didn’t read the the warnings.”
rshive about 1 year ago
My Dad was a pharmacist. He would frequently give people special verbal instructions with meds. “Make sure you’re sitting down when you take this.”
cuzinron47 about 1 year ago
Oh great, now he has to buy a magnifying glass.
raybarb44 about 1 year ago
The pharmacist must also advise very, very, very, very carefully also…..
hubbard3188 about 1 year ago
Leave the bottle on the counter and step away slowly.
wndflower1 about 1 year ago
especially the part about the side effects!
Stocky One about 1 year ago
The pharmacist should explain whatever it is that he wants the patient to glean by reading. What if the patient can’t read, or he’s not fluent in English?