The people that die have an obsessive behavior (like anorexia or body image issues) that cause them to ignore the side effects. If you were taking a drug and i

The people that die have an obsessive behavior (like anorexia or body image issues) that cause them to ignore the side effects. If you were taking a drug and it made you feel horrible would you take more? Most likely you would stop or at least forego increasing the dosage. These people didn't die because of dinitrophenol. They died because of an underlying condition. It's an accidental suicide.