Imagine going to make a meme about this and getting it all stitched together and then typing the word “sneeze” instead of “cough” and publishing without a second thought?
One time when I had a sinus infection they gave me a bottle of essentially just dxm but the syringe they gave me to measure the dose didn’t fit in the bottle so I just took a swig whenever and let me tell you that was genuinely the happiest week of my life. I’ve never felt so at peace. Granted there was a lot else going on like I was essentially being paid hundreds of dollars to just feed someone’s dog and take them outside on a really nice plot of land but the drugs made it a lot better I swear.
I went through a stomach surgery, and when I left the hospital they have me a receipt for some pain medication. I got a packet of 500(!!) morphine based pills. I took one, and decided I’d rather live with the pain. I like alchohol and the rush it gives me, but morphine in my body is fucking shit. Worst feeling I’ve felt in my life. I was suicidal, non-responsive (according to my GF) - but no pain even if I cannot remember a damn thing. Fuck that shit
I also got antibiotics as well as a steroid to use depending on if it was viral or bacterial (it was bacterial and I knew that from the start so I didn’t bother with the steroid)
If you ever visit New Orleans be sure to tour the pharmacy museum. Located in an actual former pharmacy in the French Quarter, it is filled with examples of this sort of thing along with arcane medical tools that look like something from Dead Ringers. It gives some really great insight into the state of medicine at the time as well as the exploitation perpetrated by quacks.
