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[Zenag89]

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If there was a drug that would give you 100% complete high quality of life for the rest of your life (regular lifespan), you would get no diseases, syndromes, conditions, etc, would you take it?

- What if there was a chance you could die right away from the drug?
- At what percent chance would you take the drug?

1 in 100
1 in 1000
etc.

 

[Naijaba]

Right now I'm sick and going to fly out for 3 back-to-back interviews on the east coast. In some sense whenever you take any sort of prescription drug you're taking a risk of "dying right away" because you may have a strong allergic reaction. I think the odds of being allergic to a random agent are about 1 in 10,000...although I just made that up.

 

[TheMightySmiter]

Being mildly sick is a great excuse for getting out of things you don't want to do. So I'm inclined to say no.

 

[Zenag89]

Naijaba, that's my reasoning too for saying I would take the drug as long as the risk is <= 1%. Everything involves some sort of risk. But I was the only one in my class who was willing to take any risk. I guess everyone else's life must be very perfect. 🙄

Mighty, I guess you can look at it that way too, hehe.

 

[Eyti]

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[Algophiliac]

I wouldn't take it unless it became so common everyone was on the drug. In general, I'm pretty opposed to taking any meds, even Tylenol or Aspirin for my colds. But that's only improved my immune system to the point that I haven't been "sick" (i.e. sniffly nose, coughs, slight sore throat) for longer than a day in 4 years!

 

[randombetch]

I'd take it if the chance of death were less than 1 in 1000.

 

[URHere]

Oh god, this sounds like "The Giver", waiting to happen. It may not be fun, but sickness is a part of life - it is one of the only things that allows us to relate to every other person on the planet. Remove all sickness, and I think you remove some of the strength, compassion, and humanity in people. You learn a lot about your body and your mind by working through pain. I wouldn't give that up for anything.

 

[Daran]

This drug exists already (for males), its called Testosterone.

Quality of life speaking, atleast.

 

[randombetch]

Oh god, this sounds like "The Giver", waiting to happen. It may not be fun, but sickness is a part of life - it is one of the only things that allows us to relate to every other person on the planet. Remove all sickness, and I think you remove some of the strength, compassion, and humanity in people. You learn a lot about your body and your mind by working through pain. I wouldn't give that up for anything.

Tell that to the kids with cancer and people who lost limbs to diabetes.

 

[URHere]

Tell that to the kids with cancer and people who lost limbs to diabetes.

As someone who barely made it through two surgeries as a child (following full renal failure and uremia), I know that illness can be heartbreaking and traumatizing. I still think that eradicating it completely would be worse.

I would never stop anyone else from taking something like this, I just wouldn't do it myself (taoism is the closest thing I have to a religion...and the two just aren't compatible)

 

[surftheiop]

I wouldn't take it unless it became so common everyone was on the drug. In general, I'm pretty opposed to taking any meds, even Tylenol or Aspirin for my colds. But that's only improved my immune system to the point that I haven't been "sick" (i.e. sniffly nose, coughs, slight sore throat) for longer than a day in 4 years!

Yikes, please dont be a doctor

 

[Zenag89]

I can see everyone's point, especially with disease being a part of life.

But does this mean everyone believes they have a very small chance of actually getting a disease? cause although I know disease is a part of life, I don't want any.