Bugmaster comments on Case study: Melatonin - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Bugmaster 17 February 2012 09:23:37PM -1 points [-]

Upvoted for truth. The original article basically amounts to saying, "There's this drug that will totally improve your life, guaranteed, with no side effects, trust me ! Now go ahead and ingest it." Ummm yeah that's great, but I think I'll wait for some long-term studies to tell me things like this:

  • What are the long-term side effects of the drug ?
  • How will this drug interact with any other drugs I might be taking ?
  • What is the correct dose for me personally ? What are the consequences of an accidental overdose ?
  • Overall, how likely is this drug to kill or cripple me ?

Until those questions are answered, I'm not taking this drug, regardless of how cheap it is.