Snake Oils

Medicines and treatments that are either expensive versions of generic drugs, ineffective or pointlessly unpleasant.

cystitis relief - expensive and pointlessly unpleasant - tablets are not
feminax - nine times the cost of a generic 16 pack of ibuprofen
phenylephrine - works as a decongestant nasal spray but not as an oral medicine.

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Created: 2026-06-28

Last Updated: 2026-06-28