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Re:The Uselessness of Phenylephrine (2022) by 303uru on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @04:11PM (#37501120)
>I also know some older people that have exercise and eating right as part of their regimen and rarely take any medication.

Not to be pedantic, well actually let's be. But this is pretty poor medical thinking. Are patient's not on meds at advanced age because they exercise? Or are they able to exercise because they're otherwise healthy and feel good? This kind of simplifying causes a lot of harm in medicine and a lot of patient blaming.

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Re:The Uselessness of Phenylephrine (2022) by m463 on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @05:24PM (#37501918)
My observation seems to be two broad groups. Maybe the fit ones eventually become the bottle ones? Maybe the no-bottle ones are resisting medicine?

One thing is for certain - it makes me uncomfortable how many different medications some people take every day.

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