Eli5 How do you know if your allergic to X or ingredients in X that is said in tv commercials?

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If you’ve never taken X how do you know you’re allergic? I don’t think many drug boxes list all the ingredients either. Such a stupid requirement to have to say that.

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You can’t possibly know. Unless it’s a similar drug or a filler.

It’s one of those American legal requirements. Don’t say we didn’t warn you your head might burst.

Much like the cups that contain hot coffee that have to have “warning, contains hot coffee”.

It’s very much an American phenomenon.

Americans like to sue, and sadly have to pay for healthcare, so you get bizarre tv commercials advertising medicines, with smiling happy families barbecuing in slow motion while a long list of terrifying side effects is read out at high speed.

It was very jarring to start seeing this after moving here from Britain. Now I look forward to these ads as they make me laugh.

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