Are vitamin C and cod liver oil/ seven sea oil a type of med? O.o I see them more of supplements. I see it as a way to promote their product, the part on the real-ascorbic acid-being-very-eecky-yucky. Aspartame's dmg to the body has not been proven, but IMHO if it were carcinogenic or neurotoxic, ppl will be dying around the world at a rapid RAPID rate. I reckon the LD50 is really really high for aspartame. like caffeine =D

back to the main topic. it depends from case to case. If the med if curing the patient but depleting his/her QOL(quality of Life), then whats the point? For me, drugs will always have their side effects, whether minor ones to major ones. I'll say, if well used, it can rescue heaps, if used improperly, then it's deadly.

However i see this topic as in the grey area. it's hard to say that it's entirely good/bad. For example, you can give doxorubicin (anti-cancer drug) to a patient and cure him, but then he dies of heart failure (s/e of the drug). So, yeah, grey zone.