Went to the dentist again today. And since last time I complained so much about the ineffectiveness of Valium, today I experimented with a new drug.
He gave me Halcion. It is the lamest excuse for a drug that I’ve tried in quite some time. What a crock. That stuff wouldn’t slow down a wheelchair-bound arthritic senior citizen.
I did a little poking around on the internet tonight, and it looks like the stuff is merely a pathetic sleeping pill. How lame is that.
He feigned surprise at how little I claimed it was affecting me. He said it usually really knocked people out. I explained to him that I am very resistant to medication, and he concurred that I certainly must be.
Maybe next time I’ll try one of each.
7 Responses
September 29th, 2005 at 11:46 pm
Now Mr. ITF, you told me on the phone that it made you athletic, but when I got home you could barely put one foot infront of the other. I’d say that it affected you pretty good!
September 30th, 2005 at 10:07 am
today I experimented with a new drug.
Good grief, Tom!
September 30th, 2005 at 10:12 am
Today in 1846, dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the
first time on a patient in his Boston office.
September 30th, 2005 at 4:19 pm
Really! Now that’s fascinating. Timely too.
You know, speaking of that, my dentist’s first choice would have been to hook me up to nitrous oxide or something. But he couldn’t because I have asthma.
September 30th, 2005 at 9:29 pm
Carefull on the mixing bro! My brother had a headache and a neck ache and decided to take both a Tylenol and an Advil together.
Thru up all night and took all day to recover.
Maybe that’s how they “found” Methe!
October 3rd, 2005 at 12:41 am
I’m betting all the caffeine in those gallons of iced tea that you drink all the time, because you must for you love it, is interfering with the suggested action of said Halcion or Valium. But you’re correct – Halcion is nothing better than a glorified sleeping pill that rarely acts the way it should even on arthritic wheelchair-bound senior citizens. I’ve seen it used once in the last two years of nursing practice. For sleep we usually use Restoril. For pain, we quite often use double doses of Percocet – it’s quite effective.
October 3rd, 2005 at 8:07 pm
Ah yes, Percocet, now THERE’S a drug! One of my favorites.