Ask your doctor.

Ask your doctor, if it's true
That Lipitor is right for you!
It will bring cholesterol numbers down,
But leaves you crippled, wheel-chair bound.

Ask your doctor when feelin' blue
If Zoloft is just right for you.
Doc'll get you on the pharmaceutical express.
Take one every time you feel depressed.

Ask your doctor, if she has a clue
If Cialis is the drug for you!
For the side effects of the drug Zoloft;
It seems to shut orgasms off.

Ask your doctor, still feeling blue,
If Imipramine is right for you.
It was proven over in Iran
'bout a third as good as the herb saffron.

Ask your doctor, if you remember to:
Could Aricept be right for you?
Preserve choline in your synapses;
Side efects include collapses.

Ask your doctor and Rumsfield, too,
If Tamiflu is right for you.
Is it really better to use
Than Elderberry wine and garlic juice?

Ask your doctor and your druggist too
Could Avandia be the drug for you?
They should say, but I doubt they do:
"Cinnamon lowers sugar & infarcts too."

Ask your doctor, rheumatologist, too,
If Celebrex is right for you.
Evidence says it's a good Rx
If you survive the side effects.

Request a second opinion, too,
Could Vioxx be the drug for you?
Helps inflamed joints and muscles relax
If you survive the heart attacks.

Ask your doctor what to do
If your doctor's wrong for you.
Or is she off on a sponsored cruise
Lotta free samples and high priced booze?

Ask your herbie when you're half drunk, too,
If Antabuse is good for you?
If the herbalist is right for you,
She'll say no, just take Kudzu.

Ask your doctor and Big Pharma, too,
Are they really good for me and you.
Hocus pocus, out to hook us? Never, never!
Seven pills a day, forever and ever.

Ask yourself and your doctor, too,
If herbs aren't really best for you.
Those pills can kill and often will.
The herb is better than the pill.

Ask your doctor, gynecologist, too,
If HRT is right for you.
If she's good, I'm sure she'll answer
No! HRT can cause some cancer.

Phytohormones well-known to your genes,
Diadzein and Genistein, in most all beans--
These really seem to have an answer,
Help bones and heart, and even cancer.

Beans, beans, good for the heart;
The more you eat, the less you infarct.

(for evidence-based medicine)

Lyrics by James A. ("Jim") Duke, PhD[c]