As an engineer, you should be familiar with risk/benefit analyses. I think we all know the benefits but you seem to minimize knowing the risks so we can make the right decision for ourselves.

Also, I seriously doubt any of those taking a placebo ended up in an ER, could not get out of bed for weeks, lost their ability to function for some length of tme, etc . The people on this board who had these experices from one of the medications put "faces" to the numbers. They may be in the minority of users but their experience is real