A bright-yellow, cake-sized pill from eastern Europe (described chemically as "dimesmeric andersonphosphate", [26] [27] which is a "bisturbile cranabolic amphetamoid") which many featured celebrities held as they talked; purportedly affected an area of the brain called " Shatner's Bassoon". Despite pointed, repeated statements that the drug was fictional, David Amess, a British Member of Parliament, was fooled into filming an elaborate video warning against the dangers of Cake, and went as far as to ask about it in Parliament. [28]

A drug with euphoric and disorienting properties. The good stuff comes from Stygia and should be chewed slowly. Powerful, highly experimental drug. Known to remove all OCD symptoms. Probably a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. In the series, the eponymous character's therapist prescribes Dioxnyl. Unfortunately, Mr. Monk's detecting capabilities are depleted, so the SSRI is never used again. In the novels, it is used on board airplanes because Monk is deathly afraid of airplanes. A lot like coffee, used if the coffee bean is extinct or otherwise non-existent. Military brew is notoriously terrible.A second aspirin-based medication by the Umbrella Corporation. Unlike Safspirin (see above), this one may be prescription-required. Authentic, open or honest placebos are a new concept. A person who mindfully takes an authentic placebo pill knows it only contains inert ingredients. There is no deceit involved.

A powerful, highly addictive analgesic ( Codeine) administered to the novelist Paul Sheldon by his nurse and "number one fan", Annie Wilkes. In the book, Novril is administered in pill form and is extremely bitter to taste. When the medication was withdrawn, Sheldon's pain returned, along with physical dependence and hallucinations. In the film, Novril is in capsule form, tasteless and non-addictive. Also known by such street names as "jaster" and "silly salt". Instantly addictive drug derived from the Hyperion tree only known to grow on a single planet. It affects the entire nervous system, causing intense pleasure. Withdrawal is excruciatingly painful and usually fatal — treatment requires total life support. It is said that an addict will gladly sell everything he or she owns, along with all body parts beyond the minimum needed to inject the drug, for his or her next dose. There is no known way to synthesize it, and the tree from which it is derived was thought to have been deliberately driven to extinction, but drug has reappeared. A large dose was used to defeat the malevolent entity known as the Vom. A powerful pain-killing narcotic that can be abused. Most notably in the B5 universe, while Stephen Franklin was on his own version of rehab ("Walkabout") for his addiction to the drug called stims, he fell in love with a woman who appeared to be recreationally addicted to Metazine, [9] although she turned out to have a painful, fatal disease and used it to treat the pain. [9] Metazine also was once used on Sinclair to keep him unconscious. [9]

Different Uses of The Fukitol Pill Meme

Powerful drug used to blank (or possibly just interfere with) memory so that rejuvenation patients do not remember feeling pain or other problems associated with the treatments. Named for the mythical river that caused forgetfulness.