I was offered a presciption for steroids in 1952. I went to the library and found out what they were and I told my doctor no.
I knew all kinds of athletes who took them I don't think any one really benefitted from their use.
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Originally posted by R6Chick
You apparently do not know many people with HIV. It is still very much a death sentence. It is just a slower death now.
You've joined this thread late and taken one of my comments out of context. For your information, I was treating patients infected with HIV when you were still in high school. My post, in response to a criticism of medicine, was as follows:
"Small pox has been eradicated. HIV is no longer a death sentence. The mortality rate from heart disease has declined dramatically such that it is no longer the leading cause of death. Life expectancy in the Western world has almost doubled in the past century. That's the impact of medicine."
With access to the newer antiretroviral agents, survival rate has been extended to decades in many cases. Unfortunately, access to these drugs is not universal, so perhaps I should have stated that HIV need not be a death sentence.
Originally posted by R6Chick
You apparently do not know many people with HIV. It is still very much a death sentence. It is just a slower death now.
You've joined this thread late and taken one of my comments out of context. For your information, I was treating patients infected with HIV when you were still in high school. My post, in response to a criticism of medicine, was as follows:
"Small pox has been eradicated. HIV is no longer a death sentence. The mortality rate from heart disease has declined dramatically such that it is no longer the leading cause of death. Life expectancy in the Western world has almost doubled in the past century. That's the impact of medicine."
With access to the newer antiretroviral agents, survival rate has been extended to decades in many cases. Unfortunately, access to these drugs is not universal, so perhaps I should have stated that HIV need not be a death sentence.
