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I don't disagree that they're the best form of treatment right now. I can see how the tone of my post definitely disregards the importance of pills right now.
by rubicon33 7y ago
I don't disagree that they're the best form of treatment right now. I can see how the tone of my post definitely disregards the importance of pills right now.
I just feel like they are a disappointing "solution" to a yet fully understood problem. I'm hopeful that we (humanity) continue to invest in real cures, rather than treatments that often come with side effects.
- TheSoftwareGuy 7y agoI think you are disappointed in the practice of treating symptoms when no cure is available, rather than disliking pills as a delivery mechanism for medicine, which is how your first comment reads. It's entirely possible that some diseases will be cured by pills, as they are just a delivery mechanism for medicine (and I would like to reiterate they are pretty great at that). To your main point about treating symptoms vs. creating cures, yes its pretty unfortunate. But most likely, we will be finding cures for diseases one at a time, and there will always be conditions where we can only treat the symptoms.