Lucky the man on TV told me

[DeadAye]

After taking our new medicine:
IF your tongue swells up and you can't breathe
And/Or you suddenly go deaf
And/Or you suddenly go blind

You should consult your doctor.....

I guess they figure at most folks wouldn't have reached that conclusion.
Maybe they think we'd decide --- *Oh heck, I'm suddenly deaf and blind - I guess I need a nap*

 

[dougb1946]

I got a little upset the other day. One of the meds that keeps me alive was advertised by a law firm. If I die from the side effects, my wife can join the law suit.

 

[Jinglebob]

I don't like taking any medications, too many bad side effects. Several years ago the doctor prescribed some pills and one morning, after taking them for a few days, I woke up, went to the bathroom and stood there wondering why was I in there. I finally remembered, then flushed the remaining pills down the toilet too.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

The ED pills can make you go blind, just like mama told you. Or you can use them just enough to need glasses. Ivan

 

[Mule Packer]

I always wonder about the drug commercials that add something like this as an afterthought:

"Side effects may include kidney failure, dizziness, fainting, loss of breath, rapid drop in blood pressure, vomiting, impaired vision, risk of heart attack, and skin lesions."​

Almost sounds like the cure is a heckuva lot worse than the disease.

 

[steveno]

all you have to do is look for on these wonder drugs is look at the ad's in a magazine. there are two and sometimes three pages of small print of the side effects. I think the side effects are quite possibly worse than the original problem.

 

[Fishslayer]

The ED pills can make you go blind, just like mama told you. Or you can use them just enough to need glasses. Ivan

IMO that whole thing about needing a Dr. after four hours isn't so much a warning as a selling point.

 

[walkin jack]

I like the ones that go: side effects may include diarhea, constipation, vomiting, seizures, erectile dysfunction, high blood pressure, coma and death. I'm thinkin' "what in the world could a person have that would make them want to take something like that!?!?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

IMO that whole thing about needing a Dr. after four hours isn't so much a warning as a selling point.

My wife told me that if I ever took one of those things-she was leaving

 

[blujax01]

My wife told me that if I ever took one of those things-she was leaving

Yeah, I can be annoying enough in 20 minutes. No need to prolong it.

 

[cussedemgun]

What about side effects they don't tell you about?

The ED pills can make you go blind, just like mama told you. Or you can use them just enough to need glasses. Ivan

I've read & reread the info about side effects but can't find anything about the problem I'm with 'em .

When ever I take one of them pills, my hand goes to sleep

 

[kozmic]

My youngest was experiencing some related difficulties several months after a concussion received during a HS soccer game. It got to the point where his dr. was going to prescribe a meds for it. After reciting a litany of potential side affects the doctor mentioned "anal dripage".

My son stopped him mid speech and said he didn't think the kids at school would look too favorably on that one.

Thankfully he made a "miraculous" recovery at that point and the medication was not needed.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

The man selling gold on TV this year should have listed all the physical and emotional side effects... nausea... agitation... confusion...

 

[bagga]

my wife works for an eye doctor. it's mostly old people that come in and the questionnaire she hands the men asks if they are taking any ED drugs. i guess it makes the blood vessels in the eyes go nuts. i wouldn't know, it's just what i heard.

 

[DeadAye]

True story:
I once had nausea and was very dizzy - I had no idea what was wrong.
The Dr prescribed something and my wife got it for me.
The label on the bottle said - WARNING, MAY CAUSE DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA
I guess they were covered either way.....

 

[jimmib]

I told my wife she could call the neighbor women if it lasted that long....

 

[cussedemgun]

Neighbors NO -

I told my wife she could call the neighbor women if it lasted that long....

I'm call'en CNN!

On a serious note:

12 years ago I suffered a ruptured appendix. It was several days before I was operated on because of remote location & limited health care facilities. After the hazmat crew got done with site clean up, infection was the major worry. I was on the industrial strength antibiotics.

Soon after release from the hospital, my grand son was reading some of the warning labels attached to my meds. He asked me to stick out my tongue because one label said to watch for "black hairy tongue". Ever once in a while, one of the kids will ask me to stick out my tongue & it still brings a round of giggles.

 

[shouldazagged]

The really unfunny part of the whole thing is that the many, many millions of bucks the pharmaceutical companies spend on those "Ask your doctor if Megafleecium is right for you" ads could be used for more research or even (gasp!) to lower their prices.

Sorry, buzzkill.

 

[blujax01]

Have you seen the side effects of Vitameatavegamin?!

Vitameatavegamin - YouTube

 

[Fredo Batali]

What I want to know is, where do they get those bathtubs in the middle of the wilderness and at the beach. I've never run across one out there.

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