Imagine yourself walking down the aisle of a drugstore as they stock the shelves with a brand new product – the “Wake-Up-Thin” pill.

The bottle reads, “Take two of these and wake up gorgeous in the morning. Guaranteed!”

They’d be sold out by the end of the day, right? That’s because everyone wants a magic pill.

What makes magic pills so appealing?

Do they take a long time to have an effect?