SO POP QUIZ:

YOU ARE TAKING A PRESCRIPTION DRUG

NAME 5 SIDE EFFECTS THAT YOU EITHER READ ON THE PAMPHLET AND/OR HEARD ON THE DRUG COMMERCIAL…

PAUSE

NEED SOME MORE TIME..

HOW ABOUT 4, LIST 4 YOU READ OR HEARD OR REMEMBERED YOUR DOCTOR TOLD YOU ABOUT…

NO?

LET’S BREAK IT UP TO MAKE IT EASIER...

GIVE ME 2 COMMON SIDE EFFECTS AND 2 LESS COMMON

STILL DON’T KNOW?

HOW ABOUT GIVE ME 3

A TOTAL OF TOP 3 SIDE EFFECTS FOR EACH ONE OF THE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS YOU ARE TAKING…

WHEREVER YOU ARE AT RIGHT NOW, AND IF YOU’VE ALREADY TAKEN YOUR DOSE OR YOUR MEDICATIONS, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO RATTLE THOSE OFF LIKE FAST.

OKAY LET ME FLIP THIS

FOR JUST ONE OF YOUR MEDICATIONS HOW MANY TIMES PER DAY ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO TAKE IT?

HOW ABOUT FOR TWO OF YOUR MEDICATIONS

WHAT’S THE FREQUENCY AND DOSE PER DAY FOR 2 OF YOUR MEDICATIONS IN HOW IT WAS PRESCRIBED?

ONE MORE:

WHAT IS YOUR MEDICATION SUPPPOSED TO TREAT AND/OR DO FOR YOU?

LET'S SAY YOU ARE ON A STATIN: WHAT DOES THAT DO?

HOW ABOUT WATER PILL: WHAT DOES THAT DO?

I’LL GIVE A FEW SECONDS TO THINK..

LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION:

WHICH WAS EASIER TO REMEMBER:

A. REMEMBERING THE TOP 3 SIDE EFFECT - MILD AND SEVERE

B. THE TIME YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS

C. WHAT THE MEDICATION DOES

MY GUESS, IT’S B AND C.

HERE’S THE POINT: THE EDUCATION, MEMORIZATION AND POSITIVE EFFECTS ARE ABUNDANTLY EASY TO REMEMBER.

AND THEREIN LIES THE PROBLEM.

THE BULK OF THE LEARNING ON MEDICATIONS IS ONLY WHEN YOU TAKE IT AND WHAT IT DOES.

UNFORTUNATELY THE LEARNING AND REMEMBERING SIDE EFFECTS IS ONLY WHEN YOU GET THEM.

AND…

IF YOU GET THEM, IT CAN RANGE FROM MILD - DIARRHEA AND DRY MOUTH TO SEVERE, HEART ATTACK, STROKE, KIDNEY FAILURE AND DEATH...

IN JUST ONE MONTH, I HAVE GOTTEN REPORTS OF KIDNEY FAILURE, BOWEL BLOCKAGE, NAUSEA AND MORE…

HOWEVER,

LET ME FINISH UP THIS SHOW WITH CHAR…

AS IT RELATES TO MOUNJARO..

RATHER THAN THE TYPICAL WAY YOU ARE EDUCATED ON THE SIDE EFFECTS OF MOUNJARO, AND OTHER MEDICATIONS FOR THAT MATTER, LET’S LET CHAR DESCRIBE JUST ONE SIDE EFFECT

NOW...

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