PHARMARRHEA

The dense, pseudo-medico-legal boilerplate that appears at the end of commercials or advertisements for prescription drugs, advising consumers of the risks. Always ends with the phrase Use only as directed. Example: That might be just what I need for my low self-esteem, said John. I don't know, Julia fretted, did you read any of the pharmarrhea? She pointed to one particular sentence of the tiny type: 44% of test subjects experienced spontaneous hair failure, compared with 7% who received a placebo.