Why are more and more drug companies advertising their drugs may cause death?

Do they ever test a mix of three or four or more drugs people take?
The mix of three or four or more drugs you are taking could cause long range damage to your body. I don’t take drugs because of this. And I am very healthy.

Drug companies have to advertise the side effects reported in their test studies. Even if it’s something that seems wildly out of place (I always laugh at the medication ad that had to do with pain management and one of the side effects was "an increase urge to gamble"). If a subject reports it, they have to as well. Sometimes people who are ill can die, and if they’re on that trial medication it has to be reported. Now you have an increased chance of death.

That, and drug companies are, on the whole, evil heartless corporations who’d rather make a buck than heal the sick so they keep churning out medications that would sooner kill you than cure you.

2 Responses to “Why are more and more drug companies advertising their drugs may cause death?”

  1. Drug companies have to advertise the side effects reported in their test studies. Even if it’s something that seems wildly out of place (I always laugh at the medication ad that had to do with pain management and one of the side effects was "an increase urge to gamble"). If a subject reports it, they have to as well. Sometimes people who are ill can die, and if they’re on that trial medication it has to be reported. Now you have an increased chance of death.

    That, and drug companies are, on the whole, evil heartless corporations who’d rather make a buck than heal the sick so they keep churning out medications that would sooner kill you than cure you.
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  2. They do that to absolve themselves of liability in case someone takes the medication and dies as a result. Too many people don’t or won’t read labels or don’t or won’t tell their physician or pharmacist if they are on other medications (even over the counter medications, vitamins and herbal supplements can have untoward effects if taken with other drugs).

    The bottom line is that anything you ingest that doesn’t normally appear in the body can be classified as a poison. Some poisons are specific and will kill (for example) harmful bacteria, fungii or other undesired cells. Chemotherapy is a poison that kills healthy cells as well as tumor cells. You’re not likely to see a bottle of penicillin sporting a poison danger sticker, but you have to be careful when taking medication, and especially if mixing them, to do so only with professional advice.
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