Life Hacks for Health

Pharmaceutical companies can make no profit from herbs which humans have historically consumed. Instead, they create new molecules. They have a hard time creating molecules that affect only the system they want to affect, therefore there are inevitably side effects.

I hypothesize that all too many of these side effects are allergic in nature. You are taking a fabricated molecule that has never been seen before by human cells. In this case, you are likely messing with your immune system, creating new allergies that wouldn't have otherwise existed, and are detrimental to the long term health of your immune system.

It would be wise to perform an allergy test for any drug you might take, just like you would to find out if you have a food allergy.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/drug-allergy/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20371839
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300483X04007267
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.0105-4538.2001.00001.x-i8/full?wol1URL=/doi/10.1046/j.0105-4538.2001.00001.x-i8/full&regionCode=US-NY&identityKey=8d26dfc5-1c86-4200-8dc3-866ae0c45a33
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/all.12142/full
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/all.12350/full

Pharmaceutical drugs usually have a lot of unwanted side effects. So when your doctor suggests you take a certain drug, just tell them you'd like to first get an allergy test on that drug. There will likely be resistance and excuses towards not doing so, like trying to tell you that side effects are not allergies. In any case, you shouldn't be allergic to any drug you take, so what's the harm of a small test? Never mind that if you chew the pill in your mouth, it leaves a burn mark in your gums. Maybe the digestion process takes care of that, but maybe it doesn't? Your gums are made of cells just like the rest of your body. They test for food allergies by placing the food on your skin, so why shouldn't it be the same for a drug? If I learn more about this, I will add the info here.