I thank you for sharing your story and I can't even imagine the pain your wife and you went through.
I do think that even though there are dangerous drugs, there are costs to making the use more expensive or harder to get. All drugs have side effects and some are truly devastating and the best way to handle that risk/reward tolerance is talking to a provider and managing it. The same way some drugs create dependence, the lack of them also cause enormous pain, and their increased price also create inaccessibility.
There is definitely a rampant culture of consuming pharmacological products in the US: maybe there are things that are causing the US society to be so dependent on drugs that can be addressed.
I've gathered all of the FDA warnings and some of the EU warnings (they say don't use them) at the link below.
The FDA itself says these should not be used until all other possibilities have been exhausted. Sadly the doctors are not getting the message and are giving them out like candy.
I do think that even though there are dangerous drugs, there are costs to making the use more expensive or harder to get. All drugs have side effects and some are truly devastating and the best way to handle that risk/reward tolerance is talking to a provider and managing it. The same way some drugs create dependence, the lack of them also cause enormous pain, and their increased price also create inaccessibility.
There is definitely a rampant culture of consuming pharmacological products in the US: maybe there are things that are causing the US society to be so dependent on drugs that can be addressed.