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‘It Is Tough To Identify Painkillers In Developed Markets’
- dalke 14y agoWow. The "vitamin or painkiller" analogy. That expression is at least 15 years old. The first time I heard it, I misunderstood it because I inverted the implied meaning. "Painkillers" are what you use for the short term, because something went wrong. You want to limit your use of painkillers in order to avoid becoming addicted. While vitamins are something you need to live. If you don't have enough vitamins then you will get diseases like beri-beri and scurvy. Most people get enough through their diet, but for various reasons some people take daily supplements.
- npguy 14y agoThe way I read the analogy is this: When you have a pain and there is a painkiller you do not ask many questions you just pay for it and get going. Not true with vitamins.