My docotr prescribed Uloric for my gout. I took it for a while, then I saw the TV ad- the one with the guy carrying a giant green beaker. The side effects listed took longer than the rest of the ad. So I stopped taking it (even though one of the warnings was ’Don’t stop taking it without consulting your doctor.) A few months later I got gout again. The doctor asked why when I was taking Uloric. I told him I was nervous about the side effects. He said “They have to say that. Most people have no side effects. It’s better than gout.” So I started taking them again.
Fast forward a few years. I get a call out of the blue from my doctor’s office. “The doctor wants you to stop taking the Uloric right away.” A quick internet searcj revealed problems with “Sudden Cardiac Death.” associated with it. and the FDA put it on their “Black Box” list.
all I can say is finally a WALT story. I just wish they would have said why he was in the hospital. But I guess farmer joe and his communist collective farming was more important.
Like a doctor told me when he gave me penicillin and it gave me bad montezuma’s revenge – you’ll just have to put up with it to get the benefit from the drug. I didn’t get it then, and I still don’t get it.
AnyFace almost 4 years ago
Auntie Socialist almost 4 years ago
Because at this point in the strip he’s immortal
tcayer almost 4 years ago
My docotr prescribed Uloric for my gout. I took it for a while, then I saw the TV ad- the one with the guy carrying a giant green beaker. The side effects listed took longer than the rest of the ad. So I stopped taking it (even though one of the warnings was ’Don’t stop taking it without consulting your doctor.) A few months later I got gout again. The doctor asked why when I was taking Uloric. I told him I was nervous about the side effects. He said “They have to say that. Most people have no side effects. It’s better than gout.” So I started taking them again.
Fast forward a few years. I get a call out of the blue from my doctor’s office. “The doctor wants you to stop taking the Uloric right away.” A quick internet searcj revealed problems with “Sudden Cardiac Death.” associated with it. and the FDA put it on their “Black Box” list.
omegasupreme almost 4 years ago
all I can say is finally a WALT story. I just wish they would have said why he was in the hospital. But I guess farmer joe and his communist collective farming was more important.
436rge almost 4 years ago
Expect reruns to last for awhile. Jim is preparing to present special strips to celebrate the 100th birthday of Skeezix.
BlitzMcD almost 4 years ago
As public trust in the pharmaceutical industry continues to erode…..
fix-n-fly almost 4 years ago
Like a doctor told me when he gave me penicillin and it gave me bad montezuma’s revenge – you’ll just have to put up with it to get the benefit from the drug. I didn’t get it then, and I still don’t get it.
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 4 years ago
It’s about the risk of taking them vs. the risk of NOT taking them! (Take that, anti-vaxers…)