Posted by inanimate peanut on February 2, 2010, at 22:51:19
In reply to Re: Is Suicide Ever A Viable Option?, posted by Sigismund on February 2, 2010, at 16:56:02
Does your answer on whether suicide is a viable option thus depend on whether new drugs will become available to treat it? Is there a time limit on suffering? After all, there's always the promise of new drugs (look at Pristiq and Saphris) even if they suck. I don't think we can expect people to hang on with the vague promise of "someday a drug might come along" I think if you're in pain NOW and you've been in extensive pain for a long time and have tried everything available NOW, you have the right to kill yourself (and indeed should be helped to do so in a humane way). Otherwise, it will never end.
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