Side-Effects

I watch very little TV, but lately I have noticed the ads for pharmaceutical products. Maybe because I have some first-hand experience that sometimes the side effects are worse than the problem that I’m treating. The disclaimers are hilarious. It is like for a sleeping pill, the lawyers made them say that it “may cause drowsiness.” I sure hope so. Then they go on. “You should not fly commercial aircraft, walk tightropes, or begin an arc welding class while taking our product.” Yeah. Then it gets silly. “May cause nausea, dizziness, fainting, kidney failure, AIDS, hypothermia, or various forms of coronary failure resulting in instantaneous death.” Thanks for the warning. I think I’ll just stay up a while.