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Topic	Hypothetical: There's a drug that if given to kids will prevent all diseases but
DEKMStephens 04/23/17 6:45:40 PM #42:	teepan95 posted... DEKMStephens posted... Suppose, but even a non 'harmful' side effect could still be considered unacceptable. Say it leads to a slight difference in hormone levels during my development, the child growing up to be unharmed, but having more feminine/masculine features or altered fertility. Or leading males to grow female breasts. Sure they aren't harming anyone but at what cooosts :0 I'd consider that harmful tbh Plus such side effects are hard to test for, aren't they? Or do generation studies with animals pick up on that sort of thing? Side effects are usually better described as off target effects because it results from a drug hitting a target other than the intended ones. Some are fairly simple to predict because it makes sense, like cancer drugs usually hit cells that are dividing faster. Obviously this is expected to effect other fast dividing cells such as skin cells (ie hair falls out) and gastrointestinal cells (leading to harder to digest food and keeping food down). Others on the otherhand may be completely unexpected such as heart medication leading to heightened risk of breast cancer. So basically the answer is that it varies. And your statement kind if fulfills the prophecy of how vague the idea of safe side effects really is --- 3DS fc 2363-5810-2795 "I've said a lot of things before." - Bok, 2014 <cite>DEKMStephens posted [p:877764046] in Hypothetic... [t:75269949]...</cite> <quote><cite>teepan95 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DEKMStephens posted...</cite> <quote>Suppose, but even a non 'harmful' side effect could still be considered unacceptable. Say it leads to a slight difference in hormone levels during my development, the child growing up to be unharmed, but having more feminine/masculine features or altered fertility. Or leading males to grow female breasts. Sure they aren't harming anyone but at what cooosts :0</quote> I'd consider that harmful tbh Plus such side effects are hard to test for, aren't they? Or do generation studies with animals pick up on that sort of thing?</quote> Side effects are usually better described as off target effects because it results from a drug hitting a target other than the intended ones. Some are fairly simple to predict because it makes sense, like cancer drugs usually hit cells that are dividing faster. Obviously this is expected to effect other fast dividing cells such as skin cells (ie hair falls out) and gastrointestinal cells (leading to harder to digest food and keeping food down). Others on the otherhand may be completely unexpected such as heart medication leading to heightened risk of breast cancer. So basically the answer is that it varies. And your statement kind if fulfills the prophecy of how vague the idea of safe side effects really is --- 3DS fc 2363-5810-2795 "I've said a lot of things before." - Bok, 2014</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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