Posted by garnet71 on May 29, 2009, at 17:10:59
In reply to Are the drugs that we're taking killing us?, posted by Andy Behrman on May 29, 2009, at 4:24:52
I don't feel like watching the video, but for the discussion, I'd say doctors are more likely to kill us than the drugs. Psychotropic treatments need to be managed effectively, and that's not happening as much as it should be, and sometimes hardly at all. Our policies and health care system contribute to deaths as well. I think it's a lot more complex than saying drugs cause death. They do sometimes, but so does food (i.e.: peanuts can kill someone with a peanut allergy) and lots of other things....Handguns kill too, but a human being has to be operating it.
Doctors need to be more intensive with patients, imo. I've been prescribed many meds, and never was warned of anything with the exception of addiction with benzos. Oh-there was one-one doctor who I tried once and never returned to said simply "call me if you get a rash", but that's the most I've heard about adverse effets from a doctor regarding psychotropics. He didn't tell me you could become severely ill from and even die from the reaction that causes that rash-I looked it up on the internet, but refused to take the drug with that kind of management.
2 cents
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