Reliable Pharmacy

"Convenience and fair prices, the Ryan way!"

- advertising copy

Reliable Pharmacy was a business on the located on Skid Row in Pauper's Drop. It was a subsidiary of Ryan Pharmaceuticals and sold canned goods alongside the usual medication.

History
Reliable Pharmacy serviced the medical needs of the poor living in Skid Row. Its specialty was dealing with nitrogen narcosis. Not to be confused with "the bends" or decompression sickness, nitrogen narcosis can occur by continuously breathing in gases under high pressure (such as being underwater). Symptoms include alterations in consciousness similar to drunkenness and impairments of judgement, coordination, and decision-making ability. Other names include the "Martini effect" and "raptures of the deep".

BioShock 2
By the time Subject Delta enters Skid Row, Reliable Pharmacy has become bankrupt. With the addition of a hastily scrawled banner, it is now a Dr. Hollcrofts.