Prescription drugs

taking a new medication

 * "Haskell’s rule of thumb: If you’re taking a new-to-you medication (whether newly approved or not), and you experience a new symptom, suspect the medication first." [...] "Also, ask about alternatives to the medication." - https://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2016-09-27/the-danger-in-taking-prescribed-medications
 * seniors should check this list first http://www.americangeriatrics.org/files/documents/beers/BeersCriteriaPublicTranslation.pdf

newly on the market

 * "“We advise people not to take the drug for seven years” after approval, he says, with exceptions only for actual breakthrough drugs, which Carome contends are few and far between." - https://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2016-09-27/the-danger-in-taking-prescribed-medications - this was published in 2016 so it's not some sort of partisan anti-covid-vax thing (I think the RNA vaccines are considered an actual breakthrough drug. I don't actually know what I'm talking about, but I've certainly heard them called that enough).

reported adverse events

 * http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Surveillance/AdverseDrugEffects/

death

 * fourth leading cause of death in USA (100,000+ deaths annually) by some counts, mostly being taken as prescribed https://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2016-09-27/the-danger-in-taking-prescribed-medications