I always thought this too, "sugar" pill never sounded neutral. Maybe it should be a "water" pill. But then we reserve the term "water pill" for pills that make

I always thought this too, "sugar" pill never sounded neutral. Maybe it should be a "water" pill. But then we reserve the term "water pill" for pills that make you pee, gahh. Naming pills is hard. (Let's not even talk about the risks of off-by-one errors here.)