Oh, those medication commercials

I think my favorite, yet most frightening part about medication commercials is the chipper way in which risks of side effects are discussed. I just saw a commercial for Wellbutrin XL. The most important thing the advertisers want us to know is that there is a low risk of sexual side effects. Huzzah!

And then I thought that perhaps the phrase "sexual side effects" is a little vague. I mean, if by virtue taking the Wellbutrin makes you more prone to meeting people...people you're attracted to sexually, then I count that as a sexual side effect. I think most people would want a high risk of that.

However, there's a slight risk of seizure. And then sexual side effects collided with risk of seizure in my brain, and I imagined an overlap of imagery. Hopefullly the seizure risk never materializes, and most certainly at inopportune moments.

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I really shouldn't be posting something like this from work, but this is a fine image from the Gallery of Regrettable Food site I had mentioned in earlie journal entries.

This image just makes me giggle, and can be seen with many interesting banana recipes on Lileks' site: