Re:How to Do the Thing You've Been Avoiding
by edrxty on Friday June 23, 2023 @12:54AM
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There's very little evidence it causes any problems. Some of these medications have been in use since the 60s and most have at least 20 years of data behind them.
>neurotoxic amphetamines
That's deliberately loaded terminology. Amphetamines are neurotoxic but not at the doses used therapeutically (obviously). Everything is neurotoxic at a high enough dose.
>The drugs own warnings are pretty bad
All drugs have pretty bad warnings:
Each year, the side effects of long-term NSAID use cause nearly 103,000 hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths. More people die each year from NSAIDs-related complications than from AIDS and cervical cancer in the United States.
>neurotoxic amphetamines
That's deliberately loaded terminology. Amphetamines are neurotoxic but not at the doses used therapeutically (obviously). Everything is neurotoxic at a high enough dose.
>The drugs own warnings are pretty bad
All drugs have pretty bad warnings:
Each year, the side effects of long-term NSAID use cause nearly 103,000 hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths. More people die each year from NSAIDs-related complications than from AIDS and cervical cancer in the United States.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/01/050111123706.h...