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The shotgun effect is a term for a medication or treatment given to help or cure physical/mental illness that, in order to work, must cause harm to other parts of your body/brain. The damage done is seen as acceptable loss. Chemotherapy and some types of psychiatric medication are implemented with the 'shotgun effect'
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