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2008-04-24 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

Hank reports that last week's illness was an allergic reaction to sulfasalazine, the cheap drug he took for lack of health insurance, which sent him to the ER; he wishes he had not had to go through it just because he can't get insurance.

What is said

00:00:00 — Sung opener: last week's 'disease' was an allergy to sulfasalazine; blood pressure 80/40, IV rehydration; suspicion about the new medication

  • ★★★ Hank says the illness he blamed on Barack Obama last week was actually an allergy to sulfasalazine; his blood pressure fell to 80 over 40 and he needed IV rehydration. — 00:00:00 · Barack Obama
  • ★★ Hank's doctor had said last week's sickness was probably a virus, though Hank suspected his new medication had caused an allergic reaction. — 00:00:00

00:00:44 — Two pills compared: expensive one ($1.50, nine a day) vs cheap one (15 cents, six a day); insured vs uninsured patients; going back on the cheap pills after Texas

  • ★★ Hank says the expensive alternative drug costs $1.50 a pill at nine a day, while the one he switched to costs about 15 cents a pill at six a day. — 00:00:44
  • ★★★ Hank says, exaggerating, that insured patients get the drug with no side effects while uninsured ones get the cheap one that 'sometimes kills you'. (playful) — 00:00:44
  • ★★ Because the urgent-care doctor called it a virus, Hank went back on the cheap pills after returning from Texas; next morning he had a painful rash. — 00:00:44

00:01:29 — Rash, fever and low blood pressure; ER visit, IV and steroids; steroid side effects (hunger, emotions); Lortab; rash over the whole body except two parts

  • ★★★ That afternoon Hank had a high fever, a bad headache and blood pressure so low he couldn't stand; the next day he went to the ER. — 00:01:29
  • ★★ At the ER a first-year medical student struggled to place his IV; he got two liters of saline, then hydrocortisone and steroid pills and a prescription. — 00:01:53
  • ★★ Hank says the steroids make him very hungry and very emotional, and he was also given Lortab, which he is being careful with. (playful) — 00:01:53
  • ★★ This time the rash covers Hank's whole body except two parts, and sometimes his skin hurts badly. (playful) — 00:02:22

00:03:11 — Doing better; wishes he hadn't had to go to the ER just because he can't get health insurance; back on the expensive pills; punishment ideas

  • ★★★ Hank is doing much better thanks to the ER doctors but wishes he hadn't had to go through it just because he can't get health insurance; he is back on the expensive drug. — 00:03:11
  • ★★ Owing a punishment for his infraction, Hank has been reading viewers' punishment ideas and asks for ones not involving death or torture. (playful) — 00:03:11 · Punishment, Nerdfighteria

00:03:41 — Four-minute rule: a longer version of the video exists elsewhere; sign-off

  • ★ Because the brothers are strict about the four-minute rule, Hank made two versions; the full five-minute one is posted elsewhere on YouTube (channel name unclear). — 00:03:41 · Four-minute rule, YouTube

Humor (significant)

  • Hank explains how pricey his good medication is. — 00:00:44 > «So when I drop one of these things on the bathroom floor, I eat it!»
  • A pill bottle hits Hank in the face mid-sentence. — 00:00:44 > «I just hit myself in the face with it. Bastard pills!»
  • Steroids made Hank emotional while watching shows online. — 00:02:22 > «And then I watched a commercial for Cisco the human network»
  • The rash now covers Hank's whole body except two parts. — 00:02:22 > «You're seeing one of them right now, and the other one is less mentionable.»

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