Episode 477 • • 1:22:03 - 1:26:16
477: Brolf
Pseudo-Bulbar Affect and Nuedexta Pharmaceutical Marketing
A new medical condition called Pseudo-Bulbar Affect (PBA), characterized by uncontrollable laughing or crying, is being promoted through television advertisements. The hosts examine the "science" behind the condition and the FDA-approved treatment, Nuedexta, from Avenir Pharmaceuticals. They joke about the potential for using the drug to silence audiences at comedy clubs.