I try to save people from dooming themselves but they think I’m annoying. People don’t appreciate me until it’s too late.
Statins: reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes
stoichiometrist: reduce the risk of pre-pharms getting themselves into $200k+ debt and having to fight in the Hunger Games for a job
I suppose our profession as a whole is a statin. People get annoyed at us for taking too long to “put pills in bottles” but when they get rid of us as a profession we’ll likely see far more medication related adverse events.
Doxycycline. I'm versatile, can be useful for acne, malaria, anthrax, H. Pylori. Can be a little hard to stomach sometimes. And I became way more valuable in the late 2000s than I was previously.