Exes, bars and New Drugs!

Best thing about hitting a bar and seeing the ex that no one knows you dated is that you can talk to her for a bit and everyone just thinks your hitting on a new girl and leaves u alone!

So any regular Cali-J reader knows that I routinely make fun of or am appalled by commercials that I observe. The newest one to creep me out is for Cymbalta (targets both serotonin and norepinephrine though the ad does not mention that) which uses the tag line “Because depression hurts”: The ad goes on to note that if you start to have thoughts of suicide stop taking immediately????? What the hell? Your anti-depression drug could lead you to suicide? What is the bloody point of taking it (though I guess killing yourself does end depression)?

Other things to consider from www.about.com “In February 2004 a college student taking part in a study of Cymbalta hanged herself in a company research facility. Lilly assures us that there's no evidence that Cymbalta was to blame. FDA studies seem to support this. The research reportedly found that there were no difference in the rate between users of the drug and those given a placebo.”

An ad I love: “Get that money man”