Website design By BotEap.comBefore you googling or searching for “Glamorous Drugs,” the following is my definition for use here. Glamor Drug – Beautiful drug ads we see online, on TV, and in print. Wow, I wouldn’t mind getting some of them; most are very attractive, which makes them good ad copy. I guess the drug companies need to enlist all of us lay doctors to put pressure on our doctors for what we seek (or are not informed about)!

Website design By BotEap.comI grew up as a healthy child. At least I thought I was healthy and I still feel that way. Our home medicine cabinet consisted of 1 bottle of aspirin, 1 bottle of iodine (for me, the only child; I got badly burned), 1 bottle of mercurochrome (for my three sisters; she didn’t get burned), 1 bottle of Vicks, and a box of strips. I ate three meals a day, drank milk and water and, if I was lucky, allowed myself a bottle of soda every two weeks. During the school year, my schedule consisted of school, ball practice, dinner, housework, 1 hour of personal time, and then bed.

Website design By BotEap.comBefore second grade, I frequented hospital emergency rooms more often than “Tim the Tool man Taylor,” I was told. He couldn’t keep me out of things. However, since the second grade, he knew how sharp razor blades, glass, and knives were. I learned the dangers of fire, how metal fans worked, and that bike spokes don’t disappear when you pedal when the bike is upside down (that cost me a chunk of a finger). I also learned about depth perception when it came to jumping from a barn into a six inch pool! Hey, I dumped my Beagle first and he didn’t limp the next day. Also, I learned not to eat the chocolate bar in the blue and white box that was occasionally in our refrigerator or drink too much from the unrefrigerated bottle of grape juice on the top shelf of the kitchen cabinet next to the medicine for daddy’s cough Oh yeah, starting in second grade, on the rare occasions I did go to the doctor, the professional opinion used to be “growing pains.” That’s it, until seventh and twelfth grade when my legs had to be taken care of (I abused them in sports, actually, Jeff B. abused one of them in twelfth grade).

Website design By BotEap.comNowadays, if you have diarrhea, you’ll probably take something to stop it, then after it’s stopped, take something else to “clear the way” which usually ends up in diarrhea again. Glamorous drugs are available for ANYTHING today. There are even glamor drugs that take care of the side effects of glamor drugs.

Website design By BotEap.comWhen my grandparents were in their 70s (early 80s), they had one, maybe two prescriptions that they were taking. When my mother-in-law passed away a few years ago, she had a pillbox from Monday to Sunday for morning, noon, and night. Fifteen to twenty pills a day and many visits to the doctor’s office to “maintain the correct dose”! She lived 6 years longer than my grandparents and two years longer than her mother.

Website design By BotEap.comStop complaining about drugs and be thankful that you are healthy!

Website design By BotEap.comYes I listen you. However, I am concerned that glamor drugs are taking the place of proper rest, exercise, and diet. I will reduce the final part of this blog to a pill, Viagra.

Website design By BotEap.comTo begin with, I have never taken Viagra or any of the Viagra wannabes. Lucky me?! However, a deaf and blind man will turn his head and heed a posted disclaimer that reads: “in case his erection lasts more than FOUR HOURS…”. What, I want to run to the store and buy some of that! Are you kidding me? It would be the “King of the Hill, Number 1, King Kong”! Awoooooo!

Website design By BotEap.comOk, that was close; I almost had to google some. Seriously, my circle of male friends and acquaintances is quite small; let’s say 150 to 200 guys (including everyone you know). During the last two years, 6 have died, all between 46 and 53 years old, all those who would like to be “King of the Hill”. Found dead in bed, bathroom and another as he got up to grab the TV remote. Heart failure.

Website design By BotEap.comIf the government (FDA) IS NOT IN FAVOR of prolonging life but maintaining it to the extent of the current status quo, then isn’t our health a ping-pong ball in a small wooden box that bounces rapidly off walls? of pharmaceutical companies? What if we learn 10-20 years from now that glamor drugs, which used to be advertised on TV (are you kidding, grandpa, ad?), actually reduced life expectancy? Perhaps that would extend the rights a few more years?