Comments on: L.A. Times warning sign contest

By: dustydog

dustydog — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:53:56 +0000

If you think a sign is silly, you might not be the target audience. If the warning helps somebody avoid doing something stupid, then the language worked.

By: Jane T

Jane T — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:12:45 +0000

I guess it’s a given, then, that some woman handles the drug, gives birth to a baby that dies immediately from horrendous birth defects and then sues to have it taken it off the market.

I was working for a plaintiff’s firm when we handled a case like that for some woman who had taken Accutane and, despite the HUGE WARNINGS, got pregnant. During discovery, I was thoroughly impressed by the healing powers of vitamin A derivatives.

By: Kent G. Budge

Kent G. Budge — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:00:03 +0000

If you’re talking Avodart, well … that’s a badly worded warning, perhaps, but the danger is real enough. The drug really plays with hormones, and it can cause horrendous birth defects in a woman who merely handles it.

But, yeah, a badly worded warning.

By: Jane T

Jane T — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:03:08 +0000

Yesterday I noticed that a commercial for a drug that is prescribed to reduce the size of enlarged prostates issued a warning (in the ad) that women should not take it for various reasons none of which were that women do not have prostates.