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  2. Side effect - Wikipedia

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    Side effect. In medicine, a side effect is an effect, whether therapeutic or adverse, that is unintended; although the term is predominantly employed to describe adverse effects, it can also apply to beneficial, but unintended, consequences of the use of a drug . Occasionally, drugs are prescribed or procedures are performed for their side ...

  3. Adverse drug reaction - Wikipedia

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    An adverse drug reaction ( ADR) is a harmful, unintended result caused by taking medication. [1] : 1.1 Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) [2] ADRs may occur following a single dose or prolonged administration of a drug or may result from the combination of two or more drugs. The meaning of this term differs from the term "side effect" because side ...

  4. Extrapyramidal Symptoms: What Causes Them and How to Stop Them

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    These side effects include: involuntary or uncontrollable movements. tremors. muscle contractions. Symptoms might be severe enough to affect daily life by making it hard to move around ...

  5. How to Deal With Side Effects of Medicine - WebMD

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    In other cases, you may be able to lower your dose, try a different drug, or add another one, like an anti-nausea medicine, to your routine. "People often think that just because they have a bad ...

  6. Side Effects of Antibiotics - Healthline

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    Many antibiotics cause stomach upset or other gastrointestinal side effects. These can include: nausea. vomiting. cramps. diarrhea. Macrolide antibiotics, cephalosporins, penicillins, and ...

  7. Adverse event - Wikipedia

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    An adverse event ( AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a patient or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with this treatment. An adverse event can therefore be any unfavourable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom ...

  8. Cipro Side Effects: What They Are and How to Manage Them

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    Many common Cipro side effects, such as diarrhea and nausea, go away soon after you stop taking the medication. But some serious side effects can last a long time, even after you stop Cipro ...

  9. What Is VAERS and How Does It Help Vaccine Safety? - WebMD

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    This gives them a heads-up that they may need to do more research on a vaccine’s safety. The main goals of VAERS are to: Help spot new, unusual, or rare vaccine side effects. Track rises in ...