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Originally Posted by analog
Also, thalidomide still has many uses in medicine- just not for women of child-bearing age. There are plenty of products that do wonderful things but cannot be used in some circumstances. A current example is Accutane- you have to get checked out and given a pregnancy test by your doctor before it's prescribed to you, and then you go into a national database (all number-driven, no names or SSN's are used at all) that shows you comply to not being pregnant and not planning to become pregnant, before they finally give it to you at the pharmacy. This is to prevent flipper babies. The drug, however, does great things as long as you don't become pregnant while it's in your system.
Bad drugs are ones that cause bad side effects.
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Just as a side note, I've never met anyone on accutane that didn't become highly depressed. And, if you go in the sun for even half an hour when you're on it, your skin practically dies.
While I do question the safety of slathering my body in chemicals, I've found that doing so tends to be more beneficial than not doing so. I burn very easily, even in short periods of time, and even after at least one "tan session."
I'm going to stick to the sunscreen until I get a very convincing argument against it.