If you noticed anything especially magnetic about your stomach or its contents, it’s probably due to your diet of cheap booze and off-brand pain relievers. Perrigo Company has announced a recall for many millions of bottles of the pain reliever acetaminophen. Perrigo’s product is sold by hundreds of retailers as their store brand; at Wal-Mart they are called “Equate Extra Strength Pain Reliever.” It’s also sold at CVS, but not at Walgreens. Hopefully Perrigo can recoup some of its losses by selling the recalled product to Monsieur Mangetout (Mr. Eat-everything) from France. We hear he’s been looking for a change in his regular diet of bicycles and airplanes. more ›

Chicagoist has a lot of respect for vegetarians. We've tried it; we couldn't do it. Horrible headaches and gastrointestinal distress were our rewards, for the most part. Mad props to those who stick with natural veggie goodness over processed cow and pig parts. Vegans, on the other hand, can go to hell. Some of our friends are vegans ... well, our friends' wives, anyway. more ›

drugs. We don't have health insurance. Those things are for sick people. So why do we continue to talk about prescription drug costs here on Chicagoist? Because we detest most rich people unless they give us money, provide us with entertainment or are smokin' hot. Drug companies are richies getting richer and they don't give us money. Plus, have you ever seen a sexy drug executive? No, you haven't. Unless you are one and if so, please leave your name, gender, measurements and the amount of money you're willing to pay us to date you in the comments below. more ›

Gov. BJ's controversial I-SaveRx has added another state to the plan amid continued criticism from the Illinois Pharmacists Association. Missouri Governor Bob Holden announced today that his state will join Wisconsin and Illinois in the I-SaveRx drug program that allows residents to purchase re-imported prescription drugs from Canadian and British pharmacies over the Internet or by phone. Though the program launched on Oct. 4, Holden held (HEY-OH!) out until he could review the plan. He... more ›

Governor Blagojevich officially launched the I-SaveRx prescription drug re-importation plan yesterday at a press conference. The plan allows consumers in Illinois and Wisconsin to enroll over the phone or at www.i-saverx.net and then compare pricing and buy drugs from a variety of state inspected and approved pharmacies in Canada, Ireland and the UK. Blagojevich has lobbied the FDA for a year for approval to import drugs from Canada, but has been denied. While in a sense I-SaveRx is quite an "eff you" to the FDA, Blagojevich mentioned that the FDA has not prosecuted states with web sites that connect citizens with pharmacies in Canada, which, in effect he says, gives his plan the go ahead. more ›

Someone should tell that to Gov. Blagojevich who is going ahead with a plan to let IL residents buy prescription drugs from Ireland, Canada and the U.K. Prescription drugs are cheaper in other countries because of government price controls and the Gov. plans to help us to cash in on that by creating a state website where meds can be ordered. Sounds great to us but the government is against it because of concerns about the safety of the medications. more ›