I think you're probably right, and that it doesn't make much sense to not give your child a drug that would fix their bone growth even if it isn't literally lif

I think you're probably right, and that it doesn't make much sense to not give your child a drug that would fix their bone growth even if it isn't literally life-saving. As long as the side effects are well studied and strictly less bad than the alternative. If the side effects were awful then it would be much trickier, but it seems like that's not the case.