“People Don’t Understand How Dangerous It Can Be” — 19 Seemingly Safe But Actually Dangerous Things People Do All The Time

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“Randomly stopping meds when they were prescribed for a longer period of time. I’m a doctor in an inner city area, and I see this all the time. If you stop antibiotics early, you run the risk of the infection coming right back and the antibiotics not working well over time (meaning it gets harder for us to cure). Also, abruptly stopping pressure or heart-related meds can cause strokes and heart attacks.”

“Your doctors and nurses really are here to help you. We wish you would call us if you can’t afford meds, they make you feel weird, or Google results scare you about side effects. It breaks our hearts when something bad happens (like a stroke or life-threatening infection), and we find out the reason — we would’ve loved to help prevent such a thing.”

—Anonymous