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June 29, 2009 12:47 AM

The 10 Weirdest Drug Stories of the Month

By
Jim Edwards
(MoneyWatch)  Reese Witherspoon, vaginal worms and lube technicians! It all happened in June.
  1. Is praziquantel the cure for vaginal worms? Winning BNET's "Least glamorous drug of the month award," researchers hope to cure plague of Third World women who must wade into rivers to wash clothes.
  2. Anti-depressants may damage men's sperm Uppers cause genetic harm to the little wrigglers, it turns out.
  3. Reese Witherspoon to star in yet another movie about drug reps This one's called Pharm Girl. How many of these things do we need?
  4. Pfizer lube tech tells all She's in charge of making things run smoothly at Big Blue. "It was a huge learning curve because I didn't know what a grease zerk was." Who doesn't know that?!
  5. GM retirees are among biggest consumers of Viagra et al How will the bankruptcy affect the ability of ex-Detroiters to get their pep pills?
  6. Can Botox cure incontinence? Not if it's injected into the forehead.
  7. Pakistani firewalker may be key to new painkiller He can walk on hot coals and not flinch. Genetic condition keeps him from feeling pain. Now Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Merck want what's in that boy's feet.
  8. Man strangles mother of his child, blames Pfizer The Zoloft made him do it, his lawsuit says.
  9. Chinese doctors take so many pharma bribes no one trusts them anymore So patients defame them on web comment boards.
  10. Whenever history happens, drug reps are there. These guys were at the Holocaust museum shooting. This one climbed Everest.

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