if you are sick, why does taking more of a medicine not cure it any faster?

Question

I’m sure there’s some scientific answer but surely I’m not the only one that thought this when they were younger.

In: Biology

Answer 1

If someone is drowning, and you throw them a life ring, that is good. It might even be good to throw a couple. But if you throw 10,000 life rings at them, you’re probably just going to kill them.