Monday, February 23, 2004

Better living through chemistry

I saw an ad on television for a pill that helps cure Social Anxiety Disorder. Their website puts it this way:

"If you have social anxiety disorder, you often have an extreme fear of a situation in which you have to meet new people or could be scrutinized by others. As a result, you experience intense anxiety in these feared social situations -- or you avoid them entirely. Often you get physical symptoms such as blushing, sweating, shaking, trembling, tense muscles, shaky voice, dry mouth or a pounding heart."

It sounds to me like there's a pill that cures the dating scene. Think of the money that will be saved on buying liquor to get the nerve to talk to that potentially special someone.

And, while I'm at it, do I really want to take a "challenge" offered by another drug manufacturer? It's a competitor of the folks that make Viagra, so, make your own joke...here:

It's been going on for a while, but I'm not sure I like the idea of advertising drugs to the general public. How can Joe Guy legitimately walk into a doctor's office and, upon the doctor's diagnosis of these symptoms, tell the doctor an idea of what to prescribe?

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