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Many drugs that were formerly available only through prescription are now actually available over-the-counter. Today drugs are so popular and easily obtained people just think they are safe. After-all, would multi-million dollar companies offer drugs for sale when they weren't safe? Wouldn't the FDA ban medicines which could hurt or possibly even kill you? Certain, if they knew they were dangerous. But the approach to determining which drugs are safe and which drugs are lethal may surprise you. Many times the tests are determined through using guinea pigs, which more than likely involves you.

Drugs are granted on the market to people using the assumption they are safe. Then, when the public starts employing a specific drug in masses the negative side effects will start showing, side effects that may include inner bleeding, nausea, dizziness, blood-pressure increases, heart problems and even death. Not too long ago there have been diet pills containing ephedrine the community was going crazy for. But ephedrine failed its 'public test' when it was discovered that it caused death. Tylenol (effective ingredient: acetaminophen) is often used for migraine headache relief, but kills people annually due to the liver damage it may cause. Even Ibuprofen and aspirin, pain killers frequently used for migraines, can be lethal for some. Even though risk is small it is still a risk which should not be used lightly.

The October 1995 Archives of Internal Medicine reveal the surprising results of a report that reviewed the entire ramifications of prescribed drugs o-n health and wellbeing. According to the writers, drug-related infection (from LEGAL drugs) must be considered a leading disease in its right. In 1992, about 200,000 people in the United States died as a consequence of complications from legal prescription medicine. This does not include drugs or illegal drugs.

Improperly recommended medicines destroy about 180,000 people each year. Only about 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank and yet this dreadful and preventable event was, and still is, world news. It changed forever the perception and practice of sea travel, ship construction and individual safety. But when 180,000 people die, every year the same around 12-0 Titanics sinking, hardly anybody also takes notice. As reported in 1994 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, incorrectly approved medicines destroy approximately 180,000 people each year. This claims mo