Posted by Sigismund on May 31, 2009, at 18:56:59
In reply to Re: Are the drugs that we're taking killing us? » Andy Behrman, posted by Larry Hoover on May 31, 2009, at 10:07:16
>But why focus on this one drug? Why interpret the situation so harshly? Non-steroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are responsible for the deaths of 16,500 people each year in the United States. Depending on your age, the risk of dying from using them can be as high as 1 in every 647 people. Nobody thinks twice about taking a headache tablet, or chronic use for arthritis pain, and neither has the deadly consequences that might be associated with untreated major mental illness
That is a good example of the toxicity of the meds we have. I have a neighbour who had her gut resectioned after years of use of NSAIDs. There are alternatives, effective ones that I use, but they are more expensive and are not made by pharmaceutical companies.
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