[forlulz]

True, the author is no doctor, but in this case this is not the only drug available.

In the article:

“The quiz doesn’t work,” she said.

“Oh. What’s broken?” I asked.

“Well, it seems that no matter what I do, the quiz recommends the client’s drug as the best possible treatment. The only exception is if I say I’m allergic. Or if I say I am already taking it.”

[nommm-nommm]

What does that have to do with anything at all? The morale of the story is he or she heard something on the six o'clock news and recommend the sister stop treatment based on that. That's extremely improper advice.

The author is apparently upset about assisting in giving what they believe to be improper medical advice so they proceeded to give improper medical advice themselves.

There's also a huge logical flaw to go from "this drug had a side effect that may have caused death in one person" to "this drug is inappropriate for my sister"

[paulcole]

Treatments != drugs.

What if other options were therapy or surgery?