Well, this is a brief post that I just had to write. No doubt, we all enjoy being bombarded by the multitude of television commercials for drugs - that's a given. I have followed their polite suggestions repeatedly, "asking my doctor" if such-and-such is right for me. Even though they occasionally don't tell us what the darned drug is designed to do, it doesn't hurt to check with the old M.D. and see if that little pill might be the answer to my latest woes. My doctor no longer takes my calls. Maybe there's a pill for that.
Anyway, the latest drug commercial to tickle my fancy is for... well, I honestly have no recollection of that. What got my attention was the guy hawking the drug, as he spouted off the list of potential side effects. Yes, you know those disclaimers -- where they warn you that taking their drug to help with your seasonal allergies may cause nosebleeds, headaches, congestion, severe allergic reactions, or spontaneous combustion. Well, in this one particular commercial, the announcer calmly and matter-of-factly states, "If you're allergic to {whatever the hell the drug is called}, don't take it." Are you kidding me? Have we reached the point where we have to be warned not to keep ingesting something to which we're allergic? Or, is that just the coming trend in disclaimers? "Well, we told you not to take it if it makes you spontaneously combust...." I think I'm becoming allergic to these commercials. Hey, Doc, can you prescribe a pill for that?
