So I was reading my daily dose of newsfeeds at Yahoo and saw an ad for a drug that treats RLS (also known as Restless Leg Syndrome). When I accidentally passed my mouse over it, a safety information warning was displayed over the ad. After reading it, I realized I had to screen capture and share it.
The only changes I made were to underline some of the text I found important. For example, it says "Mirapex may cause you to fall asleep without any warning." Okay, that's not "causing drowsiness" like allergy medicines do. Drowsiness is the warning that you may fall asleep. Apparently you skip drowsiness and just go from awake to asleep "without any warning".
I think the term "fall asleep without any warning" is the PR department's spinful way of saying "may cause you to suddenly and unexpectedly lose consciousness."
Next, "when taking Mirapex hallucinations may occur". You're freakin' me out, man!
And, on top of this, when taking this class of drugs, "impulse control disorders / compulsive behaviors may occur".
So here's what I see being a typical evening on Mirapex: First you strip naked and go wave your penis at the polka-dotted dragons in the front yard. Then you come in, and in the midst of ensuring that every photo in the house is hung exactly straight, you pass out on the floor... "without any warning."
But while you're sleeping, your legs are perfectly still.
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