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Article: Confusion a side effect of side effects

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September 26, 2007
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We Americans are the best-informed people in the world. If it's a question about world news, politics or whether our favorite beer tastes great or is less filling, we usually know the answer.

But sometimes I think we know too much because we're told too much. Consider the side-effect warnings for medicines advertised on TV.

There was a time when we took medicines without knowing what they cured, let alone their side effects. For example, my grandmother's medicine cabinet always had two medicinal items: one was Pertussin, and the other was something called Fletcher's Castoria. Both were thick, dark liquids that looked like something you might drain from your car engine. ...

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