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Do I want this drug? Should everyone be offered this drug? Who should pay for it if wanted?

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Do you want this “drug”? Should everyone have this “drug”? Should we pay for others to have this “drug” or should the user pay?

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A person asked if they should take this “drug”. The word, “drug” is in quotes to disguise the intervention that was proposed to this person. I have not been asked this person’s question in over 10 years, which prompted me to relook at the data on benefit and harm of the intervention. This blog post

Do you want this “drug”? Should everyone have this “drug”? Should we pay for others to have this “drug” or should the user pay? Read More »

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