Friday, February 27, 2015

Quote du jour

Dr. Grumpy: "Are you allergic to any medications?"

Mr. Fleming: "I can only take penicillin to use as an antibiotic. If I take it for any other reason I get a rash."

12 comments:

  1. An off label use for penicillin.? I really need to start reading those journals that are piling up. Who knows what other pharmacologic break throughs I've missed.

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  2. Oh, like when you use it recreationally ?

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  3. When you have a prescription, you get the pure stuff. When you buy your penicillin from a pusher out on the street, you never know what it's been cut with.

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  4. "But then a little Zithromax usually evens me out."

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  5. Shhh. Don't let the penicillin molecule know I used it as a rubefacient when I ran out of suntan dye before my last trip to Aruba. My skin itched like nobody's business, for weeks afterward, but at least I didn't appear 'washed out' on the beach.

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  6. Mononucleosis + given penicillin = rash

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  7. "It also depends on whether I snort it or smoke it."

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  8. And the penicillin knows this how?

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  10. No mouldy cheese for you!

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So wadda you think?