• Question: What happens if you take a pill you dont need?

    Asked by kilodey24 to Sudhin, Sergio, Katie, Frances, Diarmuid, Aoife on 14 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Frances Shiely

      Frances Shiely answered on 14 Nov 2019:


      It depends on the pill. Whether you need it or not is irrelevant. But if you take a lethal pill, you die. If you take a painkiller, it kills pain etc.

    • Photo: Katie Fala

      Katie Fala answered on 21 Nov 2019:


      Most pharmaceutical drugs or food supplements have a range of effects, the therapeutic one to treat the disease/symptom plus a range of potential side effects. So if you take a pill that you don’t need or haven’t been prescribed, you likely won’t get the benefit of the therapeutic effect but will still be open to suffering from the side effects.

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