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It’s really funny trying to tell people that a lot of maligned substances like caffeine and nicotine have many positive effects.
And don’t get me started about ketamine and fentanyl (both help save lives every day).
The danger is _how_ things are taken and _how much_.
@thomasfuchs every drug is a balance between positive and side effects. A drug which has no side effects has no effect and is called homeopathy.
@thomasfuchs There's also some variation in how humans react to some of those substances, depending on genetics. I've got the fast-caffeine metabolizer phenotype so caffeine isn't as bad for me as or others, and I've got the ADHD thing where coffee puts me to sleep sometimes. I think that can complicate how those substances are understood - "doesn't work like that for me!"
When I had an appendicitis, they got me hooked up to the IV for antibiotics and I was like, great, now I'm not going to die, but it still hurts like hell. Then I heard them mention they were starting the fentanyl and I mean to tell you it was seconds until the pain faded and I was finally able to sleep.
I looked at the itemized bill for all the drugs they gave me. There was one drug to keep me from choking while under general anasthesia that was $1k for the dose I got. I think the fentanyl was like $7.
My wife got some after broken ankle surgery iirc
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@thomasfuchs The German saying „die Dosis macht das Gift“ or something like that applies quite well here.
Not everything is black and white and it’s often easy to just praise / condemn something without taking the time to understand the full implications of something.
Certainly also applies to me. Can’t remember what specific thing inwas so convinced of when I was younger. After learning more about it it completely changed my viewpoint. If only my memory would tell me what that thing was.