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And prescription medications don’t have rare but nasty side effects? If these things are unpredictable it’s likely because they simply haven’t been studied in
by stouset 2y ago
And prescription medications don’t have rare but nasty side effects?
If these things are unpredictable it’s likely because they simply haven’t been studied in a medical context. At the very least it’s reasonably clear that long-term and debilitating side effects are generally exceedingly rare.
More people than you probably expect die from tylenol.
- thepasswordis 2y agoI can’t think of a single prescription medication which, when taken according to recommendations, causes permanent, irreversible, traumatic psychological damage after one dose.
- klyrs 2y agoSuicidality is a common side effect of many antidepressants.
- olleromam91 2y agoNot after one prescribed dosage though…that’s the point.
- wafflemaker 2y agoBut compared to regular Big Pharma meds, one dose of psychedelics is usually the whole treatment. Getting out of depression or other severe conditions is hard, whether using psychedelics or SSRI. Take care of yourself so you don't get there in the first place.
- tptacek 2y agoThat's not what this story, or the longer linked New Yorker story about Octavio Rettig, suggests. Further, it's besides the point: the thread you're commenting on is about the potential for grave side effects after a single dose.
- notfed 2y ago"I can't think of" probably isn't the right bar to set for something like this.
- mrob 2y agoIt's rare, but fluoroquinolone antibiotics can do it: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9830651/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9830651/
- ta988 2y agoThe fact that you can't think of it just mean you don't know. Lots drugs have rare but potentially deadly side effects.
- Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe 2y agoMedical student here : corticoids definitely can trigger "traumatic psychological damage after one dose". It's also rare but documented. And this serves OPs point well because its so rare partly because we can screen susceptible patients in advance.
- DontchaKnowit 2y ago"If these things are unpredictable its likely cause they have not been studied..." Sorry but this is a very ignorant perspective in my opinion. Psychedelics are wildly ubpredictable in their effects, even those that have been extensively studied, like LSD. You cannot predict how an individual will respond. This is also true of many prescription meds.
- monomyth 2y agowind is unpredictable until you start to study weather patterns
- DontchaKnowit 2y agoNot saying we cant get an understandjng our shouldnt try, but thats not currently where were at.