It seems like the more potent a drug/medication is, the more risks are involved with it, where as drugs with very little risk don’t help nearly as much.
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I’m pretty sure it was Hippocrates that said, the dose makes the poison. This was thousands of years ago. So even then they knew this.
Basically what this means is, it’s all about the right dose. That’s why (one of the reasons) they weigh you at the doctor.
There’s a lot of drugs that will kill you at certain doses and heal you at lower ones. A really good example of this is anti nerve gas agents. Take this for what it’s worth but i heard it from a military guy I know. Basically, if you’ve been exposed to nerve gas and take the antidote, you’ll be fine. But you can’t really detect nerve gas. And if you take the antidote without nerve gas in your system, you’ll die.
Your body produces (or contains) x chemical/hormone/substance. This other substance will interact with that one. Either making more or less of it or making it more acidic or less or whatever. Too much kills you, too little doesnt do anything at all.
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