If a drug is classed as unsafe for one treatment, how can it be considered safe for another treatment?

Answer 1

I am an MD. The practice of medicine is largely an analysis of risk versus benefit. There are always risks with every intervention, and hopefully there are benefits or potential benefits to the same intervention. We never recommend an intervention unless the benefits outweigh the risks. One example might be that a patient of mine recently strained his back, and then asked me to prescibe high doses of adrenocorticosteroid for him. I told him that I did not think the benefits outweigh the risks in this instance. We tried some more conservative treatments and he did fine. On the other hand, another patient of mine was recently diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a bone marrow cancer. In his case high dose adrenocorticosteroids were just the ticket. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

With every drug there are risks.

In medicine, we look at the risk/benefit ratio. If the risks outweigh the possible benefit, the drug is "unsafe". If the benefit is so great that the risk is worth it, then the drug is "safe"

For example, a certain drug may work for both arthritis and cancer.
You won't die from arthritis, so the side effects might prevent the drug from being used for this purpose. You will, however, die from the cancer, so we put up with a lot of potential side effects to save a life.

Answer 3

yes its true the risk benefit ratio is the backbone of anydrug theray plus the doses in which it is consume but there are some drugs which are harmful for everybody like the recreational drugs,.....and the risk benefit ratio difffers from patient to patient

Answer 4

That's good and I think the reason for that is because women have more mind control over men.