Cautions, Side Affects and Recommendations

I often find myself infatuated with prescription medicine commercials. They amuse me. Not because they are creative, or well filmed, or funny, but because I find irony when listening to their cautions, side affects and recommendations. Here are some examples.

First a thought. How long would your doctor's appointment be if you actually asked him about all the drugs that instruct you to "ask your doctor about...?" Would your doctor be annoyed at this line of questioning?

What about funny side affects? I've seen migraine medication which boasts a side affect of "severe headaches." Has this medicine accomplished anything? There is a bladder medication that had the side affect of constipation. I guess you can't have healthy bowels at all anymore.

Funny cautions also make me laugh. Yesterday, a different bladder medication, posed a caution. Do not take if you have stomach problems. Later to find out, it has a side affect of stomach problems. What about the medication that boasts not to take when sleepy, but has a side affect of drowsiness? I suppose you can only take these medications once.

I look forward to new prescription medication commercials that I haven't seen before. Actually listening to that fast talking announcer as he lists all of these things can be quite amusing.