Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for April 27, 2023

If you do, it can cause death…..

Those side effects that may include death seem to be non-helpful in selling your drug!

I was taking one that said I might lose my sense of reality. I think I’m ok….

I love the ones that advise, “Tell your doctor if you are taking…”. How does my doctor not know what I’m taking (okay, I know there are exceptions. still)

Why would a dr prescribe medications wit al these side affects??? Next thing is some lawyers trying to make money by suing!,,

How will I know I’m allergic, if I’ve never taken it before?

When I was little (younger) when asked if I was allergic to anything — my response was ‘School’. but I was required (forced) to go anyway. Anti histamines didn’t help.

Possible side effects … death. Consult your physician if you experience side effects.

15 seconds of benefits, two minutes of potential problems and fine print quickly flashing on the screen…..

yes, but when you take the hawked drug, everything slows down to slow-motion speed and EVERYbody is smiling

Heck ! Everybody know’s that.

What a commentary when lawyers have to write the ad copy.

♫♪ One pill makes you larger

And one pill makes you small

And the ones that mother gives you

Don’t do anything at all

Go ask Alice

When she’s ten feet tall

—Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit, 1967

I avoid those with the side effects of explosive diarrhea

Only one way to find out if you’re allergic. Do you feel LUCKY?

I can’t remember which medicine it was, but I read the possible side effects. The list was SOOO long, I wondered if I’d be better off keeping the medical issue I had.

The ones that scare me are “frequent suicidal thoughts or actions”…

Even in this stupid time, pharm commercials are a pinnacle of stupidity…

I always wonder how many guys tell their doctor they’re planning on becoming pregnant.

It may cause a side effect to end all side effects.

The next ad would be “if you’ve taken neuropentalitac, you could be eligible for compensation. Call the law firm We Cheatum and How, now to see if you qualify.”

Ever notice that the disclaimers for medicines often include that they can cause the very thing they are said to cure?

How do you know if you’re allergic unless you take it?

More generally, “Don’t take this if you are allergic to any of it’s ingredients.”

i’m taking one for gout…one of the side effects, is gout

Side effects may include death. If death occurs, stop taking medication immediately.

I’ve always wondered about those medical ads that say “Don’t take new Damitol if you are allergic to new Damitol”… how would you know if you’re allergic if you’ve never taken it? And then, if you are, it’s too late.

Thank you, Shoe. That’s always my exact reaction to that comment- which is included in EVERY drug commercial.

Thank You! I’ve been saying that for years.

I’d just rather have itchy skin than any of the side effects.

Or if you’re suffering from neuropentalitis.

Yes, I often hear that warning: “don’t take this if you are allergic to it”, on TV med ads. Also the “may result in death” side effect warning.

It’s an unfortunate tautology that a litigious society has made necessary. Do listen carefully for “death” in the middle of that quick recital of “possible” side effects.

Wanna try a new weird sounding supplement on amazon, check the fine print, then see the comic above…

Whoa! WAAAAAY too much there, Mr. Advertiser. You could’ve, should’ve, stopped after the fourth word.

Finally, someone else has noticed this ridiculous disclaimer.The fact we need such a warning says way too much about our society.And we wonder why we can’t pull off a proper zipper merge on the highway.

One hundred fifty years ago it was “Dr. Doolittle’s amazing cure-all snake oil”. Samo—samo.

Some idiot somewhere took something he was allergic to and caused this disclaimer and reducing the negative gene from the mix…

You’ll only do it once.

Doctors: Do Not prescribe Neuropentalitac just because your Hypochondriac patient saw it advertised on TV.

Yes. They frequently give a warning in commercials to avoid incomprehensible words if you are allergic to them. I wonder how many people even try to look up the word?!?