Risks of Medical Treatment
- While medicines have led to major improvement in the treatment and control of diseases, they also produce adverse effects on the human body from time to time.
- While many drugs are precisely targeted to the causes and mechanisms of disease, they may also have minor or distressing effects on other parts of the body, or interact negatively with the systems of the particular individual or with other drugs or substances they are taking, or not work well or at all for some, many or all of those who take them for illness.
- There are risks in any intrusion into the human body, whether chemical or surgical. Nothing in this field is entirely predictable as the interaction between chemicals and the human body may produce surprises.
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