Here are a few side effects of a real drug used to treat Restless Leg Syndrome:
...Some patients taking Ropinirole have shown urges to behave in a way unusual for them. Examples are an unusual urge to gamble or increased sexual urges...
When I heard the 'gambling' bit of the commercial, I was sure I'd misheard, but no.
The drug's name is "Requip" which sounds more like something you'd take when you're born Snappy-Comeback Challenged - "Do your coworkers zap you with zingers, leaving you fumbling for a reply, only to think of a great quip hours too late? Try Requip!"
It is seriously ridiculous how many crazy side-effects people get from the various drugs out there. We are a way over-medicated society.
ReplyDeleteI love the way they have to tell you all the side-effects, so drug commercials tend to be 10 seconds on its good points...followed by a minute and a half of all the bad things it will do.
ReplyDeleteI saw one for 'bladder leakage' that had side effects including "Heart attack, stroke and death".
Kinda takes the sting out of wearing 'depends' a little, don't it?
I'd take it for the side-effects alone.
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