House: Have you been keeping up with her medication?
Woman: She doesn't use that except in emergencies. Pharmaceuticals are very risky.
House: You know what else is risky? NOT BREATHING. That has some minor side effects such as DEATH. Your doctor, after carefully weighing all the options, decided that NOT BREATHING is more dangerous than [insert minor side effect of pills].
House: Have you been keeping up with her medication?
Woman: She doesn't use that except in emergencies. Pharmaceuticals are very risky.
House: You know what else is risky? NOT BREATHING. That has some minor side effects such as DEATH. Your doctor, after carefully weighing all the options, decided that NOT BREATHING is more dangerous than [insert minor side effect of pills].
(Paraphrased, I don't remember the exact lines.)