The Dangers Of Medications

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So I will give you this source link so you can read it yourself: http://www.drugwatch.com/dangerous-drugs.php

Edited October 19, 2015 by Mezcass

[Mez 244]

  On 2015-10-19 at 2:45 PM, Venomous said:

I have been on all sorts of different antipsychotics since I was 15.

I have only experienced negative side effects from 2 out of the 13 i've been on.

 

I realize that medication can be dangerous, but I need my medication to help with my disorders.

Yes, but it's only dangerous if you take too many. That's usually what happens, side effects can be prevented, if the meds were properly researched. But as things are now, that will never happen.

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[Guest]

All medical advances contain risks, so to say we should never utilize drugs because there are risks (which stem from the fact that there is no way to create "perfect drug") is to say that you should not have surgery that could save your life because there is a chance the surgery will kill you or damage you. Mass hysteria like this is only harming medical advancement because it's discouraging people from donating to organizations who focus on developing new treatments to save lives. Many of these drugs have saved millions of people's lives from illnesses and diseases that would otherwise kill them.

 

Side effects can be had from eating certain foods. At the end of the day if you are against drugs because of side effects I encourage you to never use toothpaste because eating enough can kill you, never eat anything you buy in the store for it has chemicals in it that are bad for you, and basically never leave your home because of the dangers of pollution outside have upon your body. Oh and never use a cellphone because of the minuscule amount of radiation they emit.

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I'm not saying we shouldn't use them, but the companies that make them should be held accountable for releasing them without doing everything they can to reduce the side effects. I know there's no perfect meds, but there is always the concerns that get swept under the table, if you ever watched "Adam Ruins Everything", he shows sources which confirm that nothing is being done to protect us.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,803]

  On 2015-10-19 at 2:52 PM, Key Sharkz said:

All medical advances contain risks, so to say we should never utilize drugs because there are risks (which stem from the fact that there is no way to create "perfect drug") is to say that you should not have surgery that could save your life because there is a chance the surgery will kill you or damage you. Mass hysteria like this is only harming medical advancement because it's discouraging people from donating to organizations who focus on developing new treatments to save lives. Many of these drugs have saved millions of people's lives from illnesses and diseases that would otherwise kill them.

 

Side effects can be had from eating certain foods. At the end of the day if you are against drugs because of side effects I encourage you to never use toothpaste because eating enough can kill you, never eat anything you buy in the store for it has chemicals in it that are bad for you, and basically never leave your home because of the dangers of pollution outside have upon your body. Oh and never use a cellphone because of the minuscule amount of radiation they emit.

Pretty much this, all the way.

 

Just because there is a potential of bad stuff that can happen from medication, that does not mean we should just ignore all of the positive effects that have come from medical advancement. Instead of saying "There are bad things that can come from this, therefore nobody should take them!", we should focus on maybe fixing the problems that might be there. Science is not perfect, but improving is part of it. Medicine are getting better and better with time and I am happy for that, it has helped so many people and may very well help me with my anxiety and depression. 

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  On 2015-10-19 at 2:59 PM, Kyoshi said:

Pretty much this, all the way.

 

Just because there is a potential of bad stuff that can happen from medication, that does not mean we should just ignore all of the positive effects that have come from medical advancement. Instead of saying "There are bad things that can come from this, therefore nobody should take them!", we should focus on maybe fixing the problems that might be there. Science is not perfect, but improving is part of it. Medicine are getting better and better with time and I am happy for that, it has helped so many people and may very well help me with my anxiety and depression. 

The FDA is trying to make sure that the drugs are safe, but I do see the positive things that come from it. But seeing so many different injuries related to them is astonishing, and seems to me that this is being ignored. What we need is for action to be taken sooner rather than later, companies get away with so many things, it's almost criminal.

 

There is such a thing as being reckless in their research, common sense would tell you to make sure everything checks out before you release something that could possibly be dangerous to a person's health, and be put in prison. Would you say i'm wrong?

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[Kenshiro 13,493]

All medication's effects are side effects.We choose the most appropriate one to cure our diseases

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  On 2015-10-19 at 4:46 PM, Raoh said:

All medication's effects are side effects.We choose the most appropriate one to cure our diseases

Yes, but neglect to make sure to study the other effects for a longer period. This results in people getting hurt by the meds, keep a closer eye on the employees making it, and maybe we won't have such issues.

[Tinkh_ 240]

I wish more people realized that doctors and companies that make medicine have more customers than they do patients.

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  On 2015-10-19 at 3:03 PM, Mezcass said:

The FDA is trying to make sure that the drugs are safe, but I do see the positive things that come from it. But seeing so many different injuries related to them is astonishing, and seems to me that this is being ignored. What we need is for action to be taken sooner rather than later, companies get away with so many things, it's almost criminal.

 

There is such a thing as being reckless in their research, common sense would tell you to make sure everything checks out before you release something that could possibly be dangerous to a person's health, and be put in prison. Would you say i'm wrong?

What instances are you talking about specifically? A lot of the time dangerous side effects that happen post-release were unpredictable.

  On 2015-10-30 at 8:41 PM, Mezcass said:

Yes, but neglect to make sure to study the other effects for a longer period. This results in people getting hurt by the meds, keep a closer eye on the employees making it, and maybe we won't have such issues.

Your understanding of medical science is minimal at best. There is absolutely no way to test for "everything". Someone could have a condition out of the 500,000 different conditions that human beings could have that reacts with a medicine differently. There is no feasible way to calculate for all of that.

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  On 2015-10-31 at 1:18 PM, Key Sharkz said:

What instances are you talking about specifically? A lot of the time dangerous side effects that happen post-release were unpredictable.

Your understanding of medical science is minimal at best. There is absolutely no way to test for "everything". Someone could have a condition out of the 500,000 different conditions that human beings could have that reacts with a medicine differently. There is no feasible way to calculate for all of that.

Yet they know of the harmful side effects after they release it, You have to be prepared for anything. They never think of the negative as a big deal, but only think the positive is. It is their responsibility to ensure the safety of the people who take them, am I wrong? None of these companies are being held accountable for their actions. The only justice being done is by the people alone, lawsuits against them are rising, and yet they ignore it like it never even happened.

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  On 2015-10-31 at 1:32 PM, Mezcass said:

Yet they know of the harmful side effects after they release it, You have to be prepared for anything. They never think of the negative as a big deal, but only think the positive is. It is their responsibility to ensure the safety of the people who take them, am I wrong? None of these companies are being held accountable for their actions. The only justice being done is by the people alone, lawsuits against them are rising, and yet they ignore it like it never even happened.

Yes, some companies do not give a damn, this has always been the case. However what you're doing is demonizing ALL companies, when a lot of them and doctors are trying to help people by raising hysteria. How about hold the people who are ACTUALLY DOING WRONG accountable instead of going "ALL THESE DRUGS HAVE SIDE EFFECTS". You're making it HARDER for them to develop more effective and safer drugs by doing what you are doing because you're making people less likely to take them.

 

They need people to take them to know for certain they are working. Stuff will ALWAYS slip through the cracks because every human being is unique. So shit is ALWAYS going to happen, but that's why it's important not to just hit a company with a lawsuit and try to shut them down because if they do not get information on when people incur these side effects, they will never know how to stop them. Yes, people are going to get sick and die from unpredicted side effects after release, that is a fact. However it's UNAVOIDABLE and by trying to increase regulations to the nth degree to where drugs need to pass insane levels of tests (which it's already hard enough) medicine becomes more expensive to make, harder to get out there, and people will be less likely to afford things that they need or gain access to them.

 

You have to understand that there are 7 billion people in the world. That's 7 billion different circumstances that could happen. You can't possibly test for all of them. You have to stop and think about the big picture. Even if 500 people die from a random side effect, they are not going to be able to predict that. 500 out of 7 billion. Consider that.

 

Big picture man, big picture.

 

How many people die from medical drugs is far lower than the amount of people whose lives are improved or even saved. Raising hysteria is not going to help, it's only going to hurt. My wife has depression and takes anti-depressants and let me tell you: without them her quality of life is significantly lower. And what you're doing right now is going to incite hysteria that will make people try to get such things banned, taken off the market or be required for further testing which will raise their costs and then she won't be able to get them.

 

If you want to help, instead of raising hysteria, do as the INSTRUCTIONS ON THESE PILLS ACTUALLY SAY. If you suffer from ANY side effects or know someone that does, REPORT IT TO YOUR DOCTOR. All of these pills tell you this on every commercial. Report to your doctor, don't go online and go "MEDICATIONS ARE DANGEROUS", because you could be encourage people who desperately need medication to not get it or people who are in control of people who need medication to not seek it. How are you going to feel if some kid with cancer is going to be denied treatment by his parents because they read your little posts and decided that drugs will kill their child? To know that your words encouraged people to allow a child with cancer to suffer?

 

Just consider this: what you post on the internet ANYONE can see. Anyone can read, and anyone can choose to take as seriously as they like.

[CuriousPony 157]

I've been on some medications for depression and severe anxiety for a few years now (I should've gotten them sooner, but that's another story). I just stopped taking two of the ones my psychiatrist put me on, both for the same type of treatment.

 

The first one made me feel like falling asleep almost all day long, and put me in a bit of a dream state the rest of the time. And it didn't really do anything to help me, so I saw no reason to keep taking it.

 

The second one was supposed to eventually replace the first. But I happened to be one of the few people who had a rare reaction, and my left eye got extremely blurry, to the point where I thought I might have been losing vision in it (which was scary, cuz I already temporarily lost vision in that same eye due to an injury ten years ago). I'm still going to the eye doctor, because they think the mix of my injury and that medicine caused my cornea to get an infection. It's pretty much better now, but if it ever comes back, the doctor suggests that I get my cornea replaced (with a cornea from a dead person o.o).

[EpicEnergy 23,224]

There are dangers on medications, but you need to look at it as benefits and drawbacks. Do the benefits outweigh the drawbacks of that medication? And I would do my best to avoid taking medication altogether unless it is absolutely necessary, as they can have harmful side effects.

[Dreambiscuit 10,173]

Everything has risks. The important thing is to use moderation until you know how any particular drug affects you personally. Never exceed the recommended dosage and don't take it longer than you absolutely need it. The body will do wonderful things on its own if given the chance, so take what's needed minimally and let nature do its own work.

One big danger of meds is when irresponsible people abuse them and make it impossible for those who really need them to get them. Opiates for example are effective and highly necessary but nobody can get them anymore because they've been over-regulated due to abusers. If everyone just keeps their heads on straight, medication should, in most cases, be a good thing.