Azrael – Death’s Dark Knight #2: A Medical Review

April 22nd, 2009

Filed under: Comics, Medicine

Azrael: Death’s Dark Knight #2 “Give and Take”
Fabian Nicieza, writer
Frazer Irving, artist

Michael Lane, the new Azrael, should strongly consider getting his mother into a better nursing home. A quick look at her medication sheet will show why:

scene from Azrael #2

Tramadol 50MG. Tramadol (Ultram) is a pain killer. 50MG is a reasonable dose.
Four times a day dosing is appropriate as well.

Simvastatin 80MG. Simvastatin is the generic name for Zocor, which is a type of cholesterol-lowering drug known as a statin. 80MG is the maximum dose. Simvastatin is a one time per day drug. Four times a day is way too often and would be extremely hard on the liver.

Lipitor 40MG. Lipitor (Atorvastatin) is another statin drug, similar to Simvastatin. She’s already on one statin — and overdosed on that one — so there’s no need for a second. 40MG is a moderately high dose of Lipitor, and just like simvastatin, four times a day dosing is three times too many. Her liver is going to be fried.

WRSI Riversound Café CD. Not a medication, but a compilation CD from radio station WRSI featuring quite a bit of good music. This strange Amazon listing is the best information on the album I can find.

Phentermine 37.5MG. In the United States, Phentermine is a Schedule IV Controlled Substance. It is an amphetamine prescribed for weight loss and appetite suppression (it was half of the infamous weight loss drug Fen-phen). It’s not a good medication at all for an elderly woman, where the usual problem is giving them an appetite, not suppressing one.

You just know I’m going to get all sorts of unfortunate spam because of this post

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9 Responses to “ Azrael – Death’s Dark Knight #2: A Medical Review ”

  1. Tom
    April 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 am

    Hey, at least she’ll enjoy her last days.

  2. princess edamame
    April 23rd, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    Boy – that is a strange Amazon listing…

  3. Graham
    April 23rd, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    I think this link still takes the cake for strangeness on amazon.

    http://www.amazon.com/Uranium-Ore/dp/B000796XXM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=industrial&qid=1240531325&sr=8-2

  4. Randallw
    April 24th, 2009 at 4:55 am

    Obviously some nurse is ripping off whoever pays the bill.

  5. Bash
    April 24th, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Ok, I am now offically terrified of what else might be for sale on Amazon.

  6. Sarah
    April 25th, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    Not concealing the rip-off very effectively, if it shows up so plainly on the bill.

  7. Randallw
    April 25th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    granted the ‘cafe cd’ bit might be a giveaway, but someone might think a WRSI is like an ERI, and the riversound might sound like an ultrasound. Extending the idea further than it probably deserves, maybe the supposed nurse thinks they can get away with it as the people who pay the bills never look closely.

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  9. Alexa
    April 27th, 2009 at 10:45 am

    The Amazon reviews for that uranium ore are hilarious.

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