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May. 17th, 2006 10:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
superbadgirlWhy I Sometimes Think, While Tragic, Dying Young Isn't a Bad Thing
I know, that sounds bad. I grit my teeth every time a pharmaceutical ad comes on the TV, though. I often wonder if what is being advertised is really helping people's conditions or simply masking them. Wouldn't it be better to spend money on encouraging people to lead lifestyles which might help avoid medical conditions? I realize that some things are unavoidable, but...
Besides that, the list of potential side effects are so horrific that I can't imagine voluntarily taking some of the drugs they want folks to take. And these are only the side effects they know about now - if a drug is new on the market, it could be decades before they really know what else it does to people.
That said, it is very sad to think of so many people dependent on drugs and/or other things. I remember after my father's heart attack how surprised we all were when the doctor warned him to lay off the alcohol along with his drastic change in diet. Even my mother didn't realize how much he turned to hard liquor to help ease the pain of arthritis (my dad's got extremely gnarled fingers from a life of manual labor).
I know, that sounds bad. I grit my teeth every time a pharmaceutical ad comes on the TV, though. I often wonder if what is being advertised is really helping people's conditions or simply masking them. Wouldn't it be better to spend money on encouraging people to lead lifestyles which might help avoid medical conditions? I realize that some things are unavoidable, but...
Besides that, the list of potential side effects are so horrific that I can't imagine voluntarily taking some of the drugs they want folks to take. And these are only the side effects they know about now - if a drug is new on the market, it could be decades before they really know what else it does to people.
That said, it is very sad to think of so many people dependent on drugs and/or other things. I remember after my father's heart attack how surprised we all were when the doctor warned him to lay off the alcohol along with his drastic change in diet. Even my mother didn't realize how much he turned to hard liquor to help ease the pain of arthritis (my dad's got extremely gnarled fingers from a life of manual labor).
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Date: 2006-05-17 11:17 am (UTC)