Comment Re: One thing is certain (Score 1) 548
A large number of cases, huh? And what is that number, exactly? Have there been dozens of cases? Hundreds? Do you even know?
If you don't want to trust the FDA's certification of this medicine as safe when administered under a doctor's supervision, that's your prerogative. What about the WHO, which includes it on their list of essential medicines? What about the EU's regulatory bodies, who are famous (or infamous, depending on perspective) for their abundance of caution, yet also certify this drug as safe when used under a doctor's care.
There are cases where people have died, yes. Often it comes out that these people drank aquarium cleaner, having mistaken it for the drug (there is in fact one type with a similar-sounding formula). In other cases they overdosed, in yet others there were interactions with other meds, and in a few there were the QT problems that get so mugh hype. All of these could have been prevented if a doctor had been properly supervising the use of these drugs: the side effects you mention do exist and are no joke, but these cases are preventable. So let doctors supervise.