#webmd

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Me: I have a headache.

WebMD: And it'll be your last.

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source // bungo stray dogs (manga) – chapter 80

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WebMD Page for Aziraphale

As promised to you all, inspired by that video of Aziraphale as an antidepressant. The WebMD drug format, from your clearly deranged mascot, Asmi. This took way too much effort. For legal purposes, even though this blog is a lawless hellscape, this is a spoof. If you did like it, reblog it, maggoty loves of mine, because likes don't help visibility on tumblr, and I want everyone to be traumatised with my own specific brand of unhinged. No pressure though, be rebels muaha. That being said:

MENU > DRUGS & MEDICATIONS > AZIRAPHALE

COMMON BRAND(S): Guardian of the East Gate, Angel GENERIC NAME(S): Aziraphale

USES This medication is used to treat mood-related disorders ranging from depression to chronic loneliness and anxiety. It has also been proven effective in treatment of Compulsive Demonic Behavioural Disorder (CDBD) and Post Fall Stress Disorder (PFSD). The medication results in an overall improvement in mood (see Side Effects), morals, and lifestyle choices. This medication is sometimes described as a 'miracle-worker'. It is advisable to ensure that the correct dosage is taken at regular intervals. The doctor/God/Forces That Be may prescribe a lower dose at the start, gradually increasing frequency and amount over the course of millennia.

SIDE EFFECTS Documented side-effects include pining behaviour, severe withdrawal symptoms in case of suddenly stopping the medication, heart palpitations, stuttering or stammering, mood swings including irrational lashing out or defensive behaviour when faced with highly emotional situations, break-ups, misunderstands, obliviousness, amongst others. Despite the studies being limited to a single subject (see Crowley et. al. updated 2023) these effects are typically harmless in the long term. Life-altering effects may also be noted, including irretrievably falling in love, marriage, a positive character arc, tendencies to put oneself at risk to ensure continuation of medication, lifelong friendship, fate-defying romance and severe allergy to the idea of discontinuation of medication.

WARNINGS Casual or reckless consumption can be too fast for the medication, which will lessen its effects, leading to withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms range from repeated indulging in CDBD and PFSD induced behaviours to alcoholism, depressive episodes, recklessness, listlessness, and prolonged car rides with no purpose. While the medication should not be consumed too fast, regularity is also advised. This is a long-term medication and not a short-term fix. Rare, short-term exposures will only worsen the side effects, withdrawal symptoms and may even reverse the drug effects.

PRECAUTIONS Ensure immortality so that the medication may be able to work its effect through the full course. Pre-existing trauma and heart conditions may require regular consultations with a therapist.

INTERACTIONS Drug interactions may change how the medication works or increase severity of side effects. This document does not include a comprehensive list of all drug interactions, please do adequate research and check instructions on the medication before proceeding with additional drugs. Aziraphale is known to have highly negative interactions with the toxin hellfire as well as the drugs Gabriel (only when sold as Supreme Archangel), Satan and Metatron (known toxin). Negative interference may occur due to most drugs from the class Heaven and Hell. Vague interference may occur with the drug class Homo sapiens.

OVERDOSE While less dangerous than withdrawal symptoms, overdose may lead to lack of personal space, miscommunication, and decrease in mood stability. Increased irritability is also common. Use with caution.

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REVIEWS (1) Effectiveness: 5 stars Ease of use: 4 stars Satisfaction: 100000000000000000000e stars

It must be noted that in the country where I live (India), advertisements for pharmaceutical drugs are legally prohibited on television and other media. Which is why I was very bewildered at the initial video. But WebMD is a universal phenomenon so this shall by my contribution to the fandom. Thank you @neil-gaiman, Good Omens has given me a lot of opportunities to exercise my brain in all the weirdest ways.

[shabbytigers]

due to a fucking thread on another social media site i had to google “Eiffel Tower sex position” and imagine my astonishment when search turned up a medically reviewed reference page at WebMD. like, okay! thank you for your service! but also, what the fuck is going on and why is this the bizarre timeline

What Is the Eiffel Tower Sex Position?

The Eiffel Tower sex position involves three or more people where one person is either on all fours or lying on their back while two other s

i’m just. i’m in healthcare communications. i’m now compulsively thinking about the meeting where they thrashed out the website architecture, the consensus to include this page, the manager who assigned it, the writer who had to execute it, and the copy editor, and the web layout people. the entire internal review routing process

presumably it doesn’t stop here but i haven’t the energy to ransack the sexual health section to see what else they got

(on the whole i probably approve. like actually it’s kind of great that there’s a resource etc. but every one and a half seconds my brain hologramically shifts between sensible-nod and what?what??what??? i think it’s the like “medically reviewed by so-and-so, MD” line which i’m used to seeing in contexts that viscerally strike me as meaningfully different, and maybe i’m just straight up wrong about that but here we are and, you know, it’s sending me)

[brotherhumphrey]

webmd tell me which of the humours is responsible for this ailment. save me webmd

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[sophieinwonderland]

WebMD's DID article was reviewed by a microbiologist and I feel like more people should be talking about that!

Really WebMD?

Do you just not have any psychiatrists or psychologists willing to work for your site???

I get that it may be hard to specifically find a specialist in DID, but literally any psych doctor? Even a neurologist would be at least tangentially related! Are you seriously telling me the most qualified person to review this article was someone who studies GERMS???

[retrowitchinghour]

Being the med student in the friend group means getting texts like, "Hey, my head hurts, should I be worried?" Bro, I study medicine, not telepathy.