Sure, some side effects will make a medicine too dangerous to keep around.
And it does come with some side effects, including dizziness and nausea.
The study concluded that the drug was effective at bolstering the immune system of patients with advanced melanoma, although some side effects were severe.
Nonprescription decongestants and pain relievers offer some symptom relief, but they won't prevent a cold or shorten its duration, and most have some side effects.
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He used a medical spray to relieve his pain but then suffered some side effects which resulted in him falling asleep in his car, exceeding the store's two-hour parking limit by 20 minutes.
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The battle over the antipsychotics market will be won in doctors' offices, he argues, and he says that being able to say Zyprexa is most effective could translate into an advantage--even if the efficacy comes at the cost of some side effects.
There were some minor side effects such as pain at the injection site and low-grade fever.
Some side-effects of NSAIDs, such as an increased risk of stomach bleeding have been known for a long time.
But in clinical trials, dapagliflozin did have some serious side effects.
Some common side effects, like nausea, dizziness or slight fatigue, are manageable--especially if the end result is pneumonia or tuberculosis, diseases that were once deadly but now can be treated with antibiotics.
What that means is not only is the regulatory environment more favorable and more likely to approve these products even if they have some side-effects, but also the payer environment is more willing to pay for these drugs.
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Some experienced serious side effects, including three people who died likely because their immune systems attacked healthy tissue.
Reyataz's selling point is that it appears to work without some of the side effects of other HIV medicines in its class.
Novartis may be wise to seek a measure of stability in an industry beset with ups and downs, but it could experience some unwelcome side-effects.
Secondly, taking antibiotics indiscriminately can lead to some very serious personal side effects, such things as serious diarrhea, liver abnormalities, an occasional allergic reaction that could be fatal.
Here, then, is a retrospective look at some of the scariest side effects to crop up over the past 12 months--from rare events like liver failure or brain-wasting diseases to more common ones such as heart attacks or strokes.
Patients might not know they're having side effects until some damage is already done.
That could limit the toxic side effects of some treatments, while simultaneously being more effective at fighting disease.
For example, some people find that the side effects of treatment are more burdensome than the effects of the disease itself.
According to the FDA, 300, 000 people are injured in some way because of drug side effects each year--a flaw the agency blames partly on confusing medical information.
Some of the more common side effects of weight-loss surgery can be difficulty digesting starchy foods and protein, which can lead to other physical conditions including hair loss, fatigue, swelling and muscle weakness.
In its review, CHMP concluded that dronedarone increases the risk of injury to the liver and the lungs and may increase the risk of cardiovascular side effects in some patients with non-permanent AF.
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All drugs have side effects, some are quite severe, but the role of scientists and the FDA is to evaluate these relative risks against potential benefits following many years of extensive and reputable scientific testing.
When ads are pulled because of new and serious side effects, some reappear in a longer form with more detail about the new risks, says Ruth Day, director of the Medical Cognition Laboratory at Duke University.
And like some drug complications, ecological side-effects may take years to appear.
Epileptics report a range of side-effects, some of them severe, when they are switched from a branded to a generic anti-epileptic drug (AED) or switched from one generic to another.
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