Are the side-effects more tolerable than what would happen if you didn't take the medications?

Also, is the problem more that she really doesn't understand or could it be that she just hates seeing those side-effects? I complain about some of the medications my husband has to take because they mess with his moods, but I'll take that over him being in severe pain. But it doesn't stop me from whining on occasion "ugh, ugh, yag, why must we put up with these darn things?" :p