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GEEZ! ...are some medications worth it?

You look 'em up , and the side affects and long term affects really make me wonder if its just better to hack it out med free.

Do doctors even pay attention to what you say? Ive just been given stuff that made my blood pressure sky rocket to stroke levels .

This isnt the first time my doctor has been ignorant . I want to throttle her . She takes no notes , and shoves pills at me with no questions asked.

And i chose her coz she's indian, [you know , India indian , not red indian,] Not to stereo type , but i thought she might be open to more treatments than just shoving tablets at a person .

Im so over this .
I think ill stick with cold Turkey .....and booze😏

You have any bad choices by doctors thrown at you ?
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Abstraction · 61-69, M
Ok, are you ready for this? NNT. I shared it with two doctors who didn't know. Seriously.
NNT = Number Needed to Treat before one person is helped. For instance, if a drug has an NNT of 10, it would take 10 people treated with the drug to observe 1 case of benefit. Really.
So I don't usually ask about this or check online unless I know there are side effects.

An example. My doctor wanted to put me on statins (because of a temporary eye thing that went away anyway). I refused:
Statins for heart disease
According to The NNT Group, in patients without known heart disease receiving daily statin therapy for 5 years, the NNT for heart attack prevention is 104. In other words, 104 people must take statins to prevent one additional person from having a heart attack. Moreover, the NNT for stroke prevention is 154.

Not even the common painkillers help everyone. So check the NNT.
@Abstraction HOLY CRAP !
This is obscene...
We are labrats!!!

Thanks man ....i m looking this up !
Abstraction · 61-69, M
@OogieBoogie I came across it on a TedTalk a few years ago. I thought... nah, this can't be real. But it is. Just google it. Not sure why it isn't taught in med schools(?) Maybe it is now? But it's not in drug company interests to promote it.
If I take a parecetamol I don't care. But if I'm asked to take a serious drug, doc, please tell me the likelihood of significant side effects and the NNT please. Then I'll make a decision based on that discussion.