Trained Psych Dog Marlboro Man
Cincinnati, Ohio - An Ohio Psychiatric Service Dog (PSD) is suing drug maker Eli Lilly, claiming the company’s chewable beef flavored Prozac for dogs, Reconcile, killed his sex life.
Marlboro Man, a trained Psychiatric Service Dog and founding member of Psychdog.org, said he began taking Reconcile in 2009 at age 35 (in dog years) to treat separation anxiety associated with upset and nervousness over his owner, Millie, going to work every day without him.
“It’s my job to make sure Millie gets through her day without any mishaps from the powerful psychotropic drug mix she’s on,” said Marlboro.
“How am I supposed to look out for her when she’s at work and I’m at home? It made me so crazy I accidentally got into the liquor cabinet one day and mixed myself a stiff drink. When she got home from work I was three sheets to the wind.”
“The accidents started happening more frequently until finally I was so drunk all the time I couldn’t even greet her at the door. That’s when we decided to seek help for me, too.”
“The dog psych prescribed chewable beef flavored Reconcile and said it would make me feel like my old self again. Instead, it made me feel like a sexless puddle of wrinkles. I couldn’t bury the old bone if you paid me! It was devastating. That crap ruined my life.”
“Not only could I not perform the tasks I was trained to perform, I couldn’t perform the sex acts I was born to perform. Eli Lilly killed the man in Marlboro Man.”
Marlboro Man’s lawsuit alleges,“Defendant Lilly’s drug, Reconcile, negatively and detrimentally affected Plaintiff’s sex drive ,” the suit states.
Reconcile is the dog version of Prozac. The drug has long been linked to high incidence of impotence and lack of sex drive. Many dogs on Reconcile also gain weight after beginning the medication.
Marlboro Man’s lawsuit against Lilly includes 11 counts, including strict product liability, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, common law fraud, negligence, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent misrepresentation, express warranty, implied warranty and statutory consumer fraud.
He is seeking a court order declaring Lilly’s actions in marketing Reconcile unfair and $50,000 in attorney’s fees plus costs and pre-judgment interest in addition to damages in excess of $350,000.
