Comment by maerF0x0

In addition to many others commenting that a great defense is to reject a lot of things.

But also it strikes me, perhaps we're also approaching the limits of "drugs" as in compounds delivered by topical, oral ingestion, injectable etc? Perhaps the human creature needs upgrades that go beyond "just add chemicals systemically"?

I'm thinking of things like targetted delivery by nanobots, gene editing, replacing body parts with engineered/mechanical versions...

For example maybe we can obviate statins for those who have genetically high cholesterol by editing their genes, or maybe just replace the failing biological pump (heart) with a mechanical one?

(Cue all the folks with the "One does not simply" memes :) )