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[Joe Zeff]

On 07/02/2011 09:40 PM, JD wrote:
> Actually, no.
> I mean drugs that will kill you even when you  take them
> as Rx'ed!
> I am sure you have heard the TV/Radio ads for some drugs??
> Many state that death is a possible side effect

Not to pick a nit, but if you take a drug, such as penicillin, and don't 
know you're allergic to it, the results can go from hives through 
anaphylectic shock all the way to death, no matter how "safe" the drug's 
supposed to be.  Why do they sell drugs like that?  Well, there are lots 
of reasons, none of them evil.  Generally speaking,the chance of a fatal 
effect is low, and the probability of benefit is so high that it's been 
decided that the minor risk is worth it for enough people.  It's a 
judgement call based on the fact that if you reject any treatment where 
death is possible you reject just about all of medicine.