They exist but they're classified as narcotics :)
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What do you call ‘alternative’ medicine that’s been proven to work?
Medicine.
Desirable ‘side’ effects are just effects.
Sometimes they do. Case and point, viagra
There's a blood pressure medication that has the positive side effect of treating phobias and anxieties
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Maybe because then the drug manufacturers will have marketed it as a miracle drug and charge your soul for it.
Because they aren't side-effects then. Btw, lot's of medicaments were invented for something different than they are used now.
Isn't the positive side effect making you feel better, or curing some negative condition?
Viagra is a prime example. They were trying to treat premature ejaculation, and a side-effect was a solid, consistent boner.
And ALL those weight loss drugs started as a treatment for Diabetes, that had the side effects of losing weight.
I just saw an ad for Zepbound, one of those new weight loss drugs. My doctor prescribed one of those, but my insurance won't pay for weight loss drugs, which is common (and stupid). The new Zepbound ad claims it treats sleep apnea, and sleep apnea treatment is covered by insurance. The fact that it treats sleep apnea by helping you lose weight gets around the insurance restrictions.
Viagra was blood pressure medicine.
It also works to treat Reynauds Syndrome.
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Side effects are just effects.
Every material we can ingest (or apply on skin, etc) will have effects
Since there are a many more ways for things to go wrong, and very few ways for something to go right, the chance that you get a "negative" side effect is higher than that it's a positive effect
There's also off-label usage for drugs where a doctor will prescribe a medication for a different effect than what is originally intended, that's basically a positive side effect.
Because people either don't care about positive side effects, or it becomes an off-label/alternate use for the medication.
"May make you feel better" isn't the kind of side-effect that someone would typically pay very much attention to, for example, unless it was meant for them to be aware of the possibility whilst their body adjusted to the new medication, and it would go back to normal after.
What's positive is always relative.
The medication I take reduces appetite. Not hunger, just appetite. If you struggle with obesity because you eat for emotional reasons, that could be a positive for you.
But I am struggling with eating enough, so I won't get low blood sugar. And so I don't get ~~overweight~~¹. I think I ate 2 corn wafers today. 40 kcal. It's 21:02. That's not enough!
Edit:
- underweight. Obviously.
That's what drugs are for