• magnetosphere@fedia.io
    204·
    2 days ago

    I will upvote this every time. “We would like to hear more about how you are using Allegra” is absolutely priceless.

    • AliasAKA@lemmy.worldEnglish
      59·
      2 days ago

      Pharmaceutical companies are actually legally required to find out if you’re misusing their product or taking it in an undirected way, and report that to the FDA. Well, has been that way historically, anyhow. If you even work for a pharmaceutical company and you overhear at a weekend barbecue that someone has not taken a dose or doubled a dose etc, you’re obligated to report it within 24 hours.

      • Remorhaz@lemmy.world
        28·
        2 days ago

        Yep, I used to have a special card I had to keep in my wallet. It had a special number for them to call, and half of it had space for me to write down details (who/what/where) in the event I couldn’t get them to call

          • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
            3·
            14 hours ago

            We were never allowed to have fun; it’s always been a guilty pleasure at others’ expense.

            We’re just so interconnected now that we often hear whose expense it is, which may or may not offset your fun.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        14·
        2 days ago

        If you even work for a pharmaceutical company and you overhear at a weekend barbecue that someone has not taken a dose or doubled a dose etc, you’re obligated to report it within 24 hours.

        That’s actually kind of wild

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
      51·
      2 days ago

      I haven’t seen a recipe for Allegra Chicken on the box so I’m not sure that person contacted Allegra.

    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
      11·
      2 days ago

      Reminds me of the one with the 7-11 gecko (or some animal) near a soda station. And 7-11 replies “can you tell us where this is so we can check on him and make sure he’s safe?” And they’re like no I ain’t a snitch.

        • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
          3·
          14 hours ago

          Ugh. I was literally just laying down in bed andy knee hurt. Literally zero pressure on it or anything. I’m only 33! It’s not fair!

    • scarilog@lemmy.world
      4·
      13 hours ago

      Brand name for fexofenadine hayfever medication. If you don’t live in the US you probably know it under a different brand name.

      • Treczoks@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 hours ago

        Well, other people might know it under a different brand name here, thanks. It still confuses me that someone does a dish based on medicine-infused chicken…

        • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
          46·
          2 days ago

          Because they’re psychoactive in higher doses and readily available in lab quality. Not saying it’s a good idea but that’s really all it takes for something to be used as a drug.

          • slst@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            6·
            2 days ago

            Why would you inflict on yourself dysphoric hallucinations on yourself if you live in a country where dextromethorphan is otc (which is not even my case, as well as antihistamines)

            • andros_rex@lemmy.world
              5·
              1 day ago

              Broke/desperate/high schooler. Mom and dad probably won’t notice if the Benadryl goes missing. The Hat Man makes sure that you only make that mistake once.

              Think about how many kids huffed banana peels because of some text file Anarchist Cookbook they found online. There are probably dumbasses that fell for jenkum.

              • Machinist@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                23 hours ago

                I researched the banana peel thing in middle shcool and decided it was bullshit. Tried the oregano thing and thought I was high. Didn’t try the nutmeg.

                The crater makers made from empty CO2 cartridges were a lot of fun. I remember sealing them with wax and thinking about how dangerous it was having an open flame while holding something that could take off my forearm.

                Never could get the iodine crystal explosive decomposition thing to work, too hard to get ahold of the precursors when I was a kid.

                It’s a wonder I survived, thank jeebus I couldn’t get ahold of mercury.

                Where the fuck were my parents?

                • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  3·
                  23 hours ago

                  Where the fuck were my parents?

                  If they were like mine, busy working. Also my parents both told us about how whenever a thermometer broke at school the teachers would show the kids how the liquid mercury felt to hold! They were both born in the early 50s.

                  I’m pretty sure it and leaded fuel and paint explains a lot of the boomer problems we’ve had over the decades.

          • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee
            2·
            23 hours ago

            yea there’s even a specific diagnostic code for it in the DSM, F19 other substance use disorder, where in the criteria antihistamine abuse is explicitly mentioned (and DXM/Kratom are not mentioned, even though they get the same code and are more widely abused in the USA!)

        • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          23 hours ago

          Cetirizine (Zyrtec) is pretty good and I think a tier 3 antihistamine. Allegra might be too.

          If you need Zyrtec D, save a ton of money and get a separate Pseudoephedrine and Cetirizine. We get a 20 pack of generic Sudafed for $6 and a huge bottle of Cetirizine that last a year for cheap. The big bottle is around the price of a small pack of Zyrtec D.

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Just raid the medicine cabinet for seasoning. Don’t follow a recipe, go with vibes. Try that jar of cough syrup, a little rubbing alcohol and hand sanitizer should help with mouth feel, what was that pack of pills that you just knocked in? Oh well, just a happy little accident.