Presumably this is the period for which it's been studied.
So, without perfect information - I decide.
The thing about the modern world is that you can make informed choices - information is only a Google away.
For example; my specific knowledge of that particular drug is not high. But this morning I found out:
- The drug is well researched as being tolerated in the short to medium term
- There is concern that long term use may increase the risk of intestinal or stomach cancers (based on mouse studies)
- So far the longest term test has been 6 years (somewhat longer than your 28 days theory).
In fact, 28 days is a standard recommended limit for drugs available over the counter. It is fairly hard to do damage to yourself, with those sorts of drugs, in that time - but after that you really need the advice of a doctor who understands all of the risks involved. Again, this detail is available online with a little searching.
There is a long list of other side effects, risks and theories that are studied - mostly based on 5 year studies from what I can tell - and the current view is that those risks are pretty low.
What you've proven, here, is that you've not made an informed choice, because you appear unaware of the actual long term concerns. You've not weighed risks; you've weighed one obvious risk that you understand (and I presume the doctor told you about). That is only the very tip of the iceberg.
- There is concern that long term use may increase the risk of intestinal or stomach cancers (based on mouse studies)
- So far the longest term test has been 6 years (somewhat longer than your 28 days theory).
In fact, 28 days is a standard recommended limit for drugs available over the counter. It is fairly hard to do damage to yourself, with those sorts of drugs, in that time - but after that you really need the advice of a doctor who understands all of the risks involved.
I can't believe you just said "understands all the risks involved." On the basis of mouse studies and some completely uncontrolled, non-blind 6-year longitudinal study. Or meta-analysis. Or whatever.
Is this the best information we have or can get? Sure. Are the words understands all appropriate? No, they are not.
Aiming for this kind of certainty, and constantly, unconsciously boasting of it, is how postmodern medicine works itself into a box where it's completely unable to think. The information available in this case is shite. But the decision still needs to be made.
So, without perfect information - I decide.
The thing about the modern world is that you can make informed choices - information is only a Google away.
For example; my specific knowledge of that particular drug is not high. But this morning I found out:
- The drug is well researched as being tolerated in the short to medium term
- There is concern that long term use may increase the risk of intestinal or stomach cancers (based on mouse studies)
- So far the longest term test has been 6 years (somewhat longer than your 28 days theory).
In fact, 28 days is a standard recommended limit for drugs available over the counter. It is fairly hard to do damage to yourself, with those sorts of drugs, in that time - but after that you really need the advice of a doctor who understands all of the risks involved. Again, this detail is available online with a little searching.
There is a long list of other side effects, risks and theories that are studied - mostly based on 5 year studies from what I can tell - and the current view is that those risks are pretty low.
What you've proven, here, is that you've not made an informed choice, because you appear unaware of the actual long term concerns. You've not weighed risks; you've weighed one obvious risk that you understand (and I presume the doctor told you about). That is only the very tip of the iceberg.