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Meet “Meow Meow”: Mephedrone is the Furry Friend Who Will Kill Your Children
The annals of drug scares, like the annals of empire, are measured by transitions from monumental to anticlimactic. So leave it to the British, a proud people that have mastered... ...read more
Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Ads Drive Up Drug Costs, Save Ad Agency Lives
Faster Times here, telling you to buy Chalupacream HCl or you will die. Nah, it’s cool to freak people out; by doing that, we’re driving the cost of Chalupacream dow... ...read more
The Days of Swine and Doses: Feds Anticipate Tamiflu Dosing Errors
Not content with dooming the egg-allergic to pig death, looks like the porcino-medical complex has managed to create a pharmacist-proof version of Tamiflu. According to the FDA,... ...read moreA Brief Note on How Much It Sucks to Have the Whole Page Covered in Valtrex Ads
Seriously, a lot. Like, there’s my mugshot, and then everything else is Valtrex Valtrex herp-herp-hooray. I think by this point, Mom just lies and tells everyone I write f... ...read more
Never Again, Accutane: La Roche Drops Out of Acne Game
Remember being fifteen, and swearing if your acne didn’t go away, you’d kill yourself? Well up until recently, there was a way to do both at once! Alas, pharma gian... ...read more
Vicodin Crisis: You Got Opiates in My Chocolate and You Got Tylenol in My Peanut Butter and Together I’m Totally Dead
This is your liver on Vicodin, spread thinly over toasted baguette and served as an hors d’oeuvre. Any questions? Of course there’s questions! So the news is out, th... ...read more
New HPV Vaccine Will Force Even More Fundamentalist Christians to Sleep With Teenage Girls
A new study in the Lancet suggests that a second human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may soon penetrate the U.S. market. Cervarix, according to the press release from maker Glax... ...read moreGRE Review Time: Pot is to Vermont as Slitting Your Wrists is to…
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s report on state-by-state drug use and mental health trends, the answer is Tennessee. Tennessee... ...read more
Diabetes Meds Increase Cancer Risk; That’s What You Get For Enjoying Your Diabetes So Much
So, diabetes. No more yummy cake. Hello, dramatically increased potential for issues with obesity and cardiovascular disease. A life spent constantly jabbing oneself. Servit... ...read moreFollow Us
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