Pluggers by Rick McKee for April 06, 2021

if you ask me, that is TMI

Pluggers are walking side effects.

Dangnabbit. This is so true.

The cure is worse than the disease.

I feel personally attacked. Hey Doc, you have me up to 12 meds a day. How about I go back to 12 Budweisers a day and I leave you and Blue cross out of the deal?

Return with me to the thrilling days of the 1980s…Big Pharma was using influencers [drug reps] to convince doctors to Rx the goodies Big Pharma was bringing on line. No side effects nor contraindications being published. OOOPSIE, people started having adverse reactions and the current liability laws allowed them to pursue big bucks court settlements. Reagan Admin steps in and offers Big Pharma an out. Advertise your goodies on TV and in print ads; however, limit your liability by listing possible side effects and contraindications by agreeing to some new regulations club fed will impose. Voila, we get disclaimers like, “see our ad in this month’s Ladies Lunchtime Reader…” and all of a sudden big pharma is LLC.

Like the one that gives you a potentially fatal infection of your taint…

My wife’s mother ( I never met her, so not my mother in law) famously said that as you get older, you’re the same as you ever were, only worse.

Then there are the ailments the Pharmaceuticals invent so they can develop a new drug to sell us so we can have really weird side-effects.

That’s what I’ve been saying for years. …more than ½ the time I see an ad for some prescription medicine (ask your doctor) I have not a clue what the medicine is for because they spent more than ½ the ad telling you everything that could go wrong.

" … or even death."

Redundant warnings on those labels are a waste of ink.. but a legal necessity evidently

Strange timing. Oddly enough, this is almost exactly what I said to the Doctor when I got the vaccine this morning.

I like the side effects listed – that are a worse form of what you are trying to cure/manage — or even death. I’ll be sure to ASK my doctor about that one.

If I’m thinking about getting pregnant I definitely need to see my doctor about adjusting the meds.

The latest ad that tickles me is the one that says “don’t take this product if you’re allergic to it.” I wonder how much the lawyer was paid to write that line? Probably a bundle because when I sue for a permanent rash all over my body the defense will simply be “well, we told you not to take it.”

frequent drowsy irritable (night time) urination is a fact of life, not a side effect…

I have a prescription that I take on an “as needed” basis that always gives me insomnia. A lot of fun, let me tell you!

“That’s a tough choice”. Jim (Christopher Lloyd), “Taxi”.