
Once the label “lifestyle disorder” is attached to a condition, it opens the door to another, more dramatic obstacle on the road to successful approval and marketing of a drug in the near future: the risk/benefit ratio. All drugs bring with them certain benefits and certain risks. There are no “Goldilocks” drugs that are just right and cause everyone to live happily ever after. Drugs with dramatic, even toxic side effects can still have a positive risk/benefit ratio. Chemotherapy is a good example of this. It’s a very powerful drug that has many potentially unpleasant side effects, but it also saves lives that might otherwise be lost to cancer.
by Leonard DeRogatis, Ph.D.
Fertility & Sexual Disorders
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