Every once in a while, a good-hearted reader of Almost the Truth will bring to my attention something that he or she deems worthy of my brand of skewering. Every once in a greater while than that, I agree with him or her.
Behold...
ActorBoy brought the wonders of Uloric® to the table. To quote its ad: "Gout's root cause is high uric acid. If you have gout, high uric acid can lead to more attacks. To help reduce attacks, lower your uric acid."
So far so good. The logic is irrefutable: Gout=high uric acid. Lower uric acid=no gout.
Behold...
ActorBoy brought the wonders of Uloric® to the table. To quote its ad: "Gout's root cause is high uric acid. If you have gout, high uric acid can lead to more attacks. To help reduce attacks, lower your uric acid."
So far so good. The logic is irrefutable: Gout=high uric acid. Lower uric acid=no gout.
To continue with the ad: "ULORIC can help. ULORIC is clinically proven to help lower uric acid to a healthy level."
Yippee-skippy! All is right with the world! However...let's take a look at the ever-popular list of possible side-effects, and I quote: "The most common side effects of ULORIC are liver problems, nausea, gout flares, joint pain, and rash."
Please notice that one of the side effects of the medicine designed to relieve gout is flare ups of gout.
How successful do you think Bayer® would have ever been if they had said, "Got a headache? Take Bayer Aspirin. But, hey, yeah...in the interest of full disclosure, we feel we should warn you that taking aspirin might make your head hurt."
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