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The 10 Weirdest Drug Stories of the Month

By Jim Edwards

Updated on: August 21, 2010 / 1:58 PM EDT / MoneyWatch

Which painkiller also helps hurt feelings? Which potential blockbuster did Eli Lilly fumble? Which club drug is being eyed as an antidepressant? The answers all happened in August 2010 ...

Depression can be cured within hours by club drug Special-K
Side effects include techno addiction, glow sticks, trips to Ibiza.
Tylenol relieves the social pain of hurt feelings
J&J/McNeil staffers will be eating it by the fistful this year following the recall, Congressional investigation, etc.
Five out of six new drugs are pointless, says study
Big Pharma has made a "market for lemons" where the seller knows more than the buyer and takes advantage of this fact, according to longtime critic.
FDA rejects use of date-rape drug for fibromyalgia
This tasteless, colorless liquid had "coma and death" as a side effect.
Career as a pharmaceutical sales rep didn't work out so now she's a TV news anchor. News director says, "Viewers like Mimi Murphy because she's from here, went to school here, and she knows the background on the local stories and issues."
Novartis to launch first new class of sheep drench since the 1980s
Phew! Because that old sheep drench was just awful.
Milwaukee teachers fight for Viagra drug coverage
So that's why they all want tenure and summers off.
Eli Lilly walked away from $2 billion Hep C drug
Paid tens of millions for rights on Vertex Pharmaceuticals' telaprevir, then decided it couldn't be bothered.
You don't want to be a lab mouse
Sortable data on the numbers and types of animals used in pharma testing. The mice have it the worst.
Boehringer Ingelheim trains pigs to do oral tests
"It saves on manpower and that alone makes it a good idea for hog producers."

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