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A member asked:
Are medicines really safe to take ? my grandma never took any till 90 when forced to.
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Mostly, yes.: All medicines are two-edged swords; they have benefits and risks. You take them when the benefit outweighs the risk. Your grandma was very lucky to survive until 90 without any medicines; but medicines have been around for thousands of years, and it is the very rare individual who makes it to old age without having to take at least a few of them.
Answered 6/22/2012
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