Reply #22: Thats what happens when you forget to close the microwave door

[ForrestGump]

Man, I didn't know that prescription drugs were such a killer (well, allegedly), but it wouldn't surprise me. I've seen so many people who were messed up, or who developed a second (more serious) condition, because they were prescribed the wrong thing. I've had an antimalarial drug mess with me and I am not particularly happy about it. I would almost certainly have been better off getting malaria and then treating it.

We may not entirely know, for example, what exactly makes certain aspects of Chinese medicine work (at least for some people, some of the time) but it's sobering to realize that not only do we not know how some pharmaceuticals work but that doctors are rather often playing a guessing game in applying them. And, just like 'natural' remedies (kinda bogus, because a lot - most? - of the allopathic drugs derive originally from natural ingredients), these nasty drugs don't always work for everyone.