Thursday, December 25, 2003

Warning: May Be Harmful to Patient

I was just watching TV, and I heard the most ridiculous thing. The ad was for Strattera, a drug which is used to treat ADHD, otherwise known as "childhood behavior." Watch out! If your child is acting childlike, you may have to medicate it! Anyway, one of the many warnings included this statement: "Tell your doctor if your child has a history of heart problems." Um, if your doctor doesn't already know your child has a history of heart problems, you have serious parenting difficulties. Of course, the doctor needs to know, but if you have to be told to do that, you shouldn't even have kids. Wait, what am I thinking? People who have their children treated for imaginary diseases are idiots by default. I apologize. The ad men did the right thing. You go, ad men!

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