I have always been someone who reads the manual, which leads to always reading the PIL with medication and, oh god, oh god, oh god, why did I read that one? "Necrotising fascitis of the perineum" was never a phrase I wanted to hear, let alone as a potential side effect 😳
Reading those things is always a sobering experience. (I particularly liked that the migraine medication i took for a bit had “may cause headaches” as a side effect.)
I haven't been to a doctor in years because the last regular doctor I had prescribed me pills for high cholesterol and then ignored me when I recognized symptoms of a potentially fatal side effect, basically said "just keep taking them, you'll be fine".
No. Shattered my trust in the profession.