RLS

So tonight I saw a commercial advertising the cutting-edge medication for Restless Leg Syndrome, "a surprisingly common but serious condition." Translation: if a slight tingly feeling in your leg keeps you awake at night every once in a while, you should rush right out and pay big bucks for this drug which won't be covered by your insurance and will most certainly be recalled from the market in three years when we finish our research and discover it causes liver failure.

Now, I am sure that one of my faithful four readers actually suffers from RLS and will explain to me the legitimacy of the condition and the necessity of the medication. Fine. But I'm telling you now, I laughed out loud at the commercial. I felt like I was watching Saturday Night Live.