The "PE" means "Pretends to be Effective."
I'm lucky enough to not be able to tell the difference. Well, not true, the new formula makes me a bit dopey, but it still works so I'm okay with it.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Nov 28, 2007 12:50:26 pm PST #4305 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Toddson - Nov 28, 2007 12:50:35 pm PST #4306 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I find it annoying that the pharmacy is so careful about my medications - none of them is in the least bit fun (no, really) and I just can't imagine there being much demand for them except for the intended purpose. I know you need to take them with a doctor monitoring things, but it would be nice if I didn't have to get new prescriptions when the old one runs out. One of them, the doctor gave me 99 refills ... which is really convenient.
Susan W. - Nov 28, 2007 12:52:03 pm PST #4307 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I think I'm the one person who likes the new new Sudafed better. The old kind made my heart gallop, but this kind works without the heart rate over 100 bpm and accompanying jitters.
beekaytee - Nov 28, 2007 12:54:53 pm PST #4308 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Pretends to be Effective
Hah! As so many products do.
amych - Nov 28, 2007 12:55:40 pm PST #4309 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I think I'm the one person who likes the new new Sudafed better.
Nope. But we may be the only two. My reaction to pseudoephedrine is extreme enough (heart galloping, shakes, dry mouth, freaky-outy thoughts... your basic panic attack in a pill) that I used to despair of finding any cold medicine, because that shit was in everything whether it advertised itself as a decongestant or not.
(On the other hand, not much risk of becoming a meth freak...)
Burrell - Nov 28, 2007 12:56:42 pm PST #4310 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I just can't imagine there being much demand for them except for the intended purpose.
People are weird. I'd have thought that too about the med I take for my thyroid, but it turns out some folks take it to lose weight.
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2007 1:01:46 pm PST #4311 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A lot of my meds do have happy!fun purposes, so I basically feel guilty requesting them or filling the prescriptions.
Wow. I've almost downed the whole quart of Smart Water and it's just turned three.
I had a slight ebay spasm and bought four sets of cufflinks. That doesn't make me a bad person, right?
bon bon - Nov 28, 2007 1:07:24 pm PST #4312 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
So what OTC is good for sinus headaches? I was taking Pretends to be Effective and Advil and hoping they would make magic.
§ ita § - Nov 28, 2007 1:08:32 pm PST #4313 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Migraine meds?
Kristen - Nov 28, 2007 1:09:29 pm PST #4314 of 10001
I'm a big fan of the Claritin-D 24 hr.* + Advil cocktail.
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* The one you have to show ID to get.