I never really understood why we needed to be warned not to operate a bulldozer after taking medications that make us sleepy! But then again most every physician has heard of the pregnant women who had their partner take their birth control pills for them for a few days or they spread contraceptive jelly on toast and ate it. I guess instructions are just not obvious or understandable to everyone.

This week the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning not to swallow Benadryl Extra Strength Itch Stopping Gel meant to be spread on the affected skin. The problem is in getting too large of a dose of the active ingredient diphenhydramine. Large doses can cause confusion, unconsciousness, and hallucinations.

I guess that I just like to assume that common sense and reading/understanding simple instructions are a common thing. I guess it is the folks that don’t fall in this category that help keep the plaintiff attorneys (and the FDA for that matter) in business. bjmdjd

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