Questions tagged [side-effects]
Questions about secondary or unwanted effects a drug can cause on a person; ie: how depression medication can cause suicidal thoughts.
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Is smoking during pregnancy harmful to child and mother?
In what way does smoking cigarettes by the mother affect the child and the mother during the pregnancy? What are further consequences it might have during the pregnancy and delivery of the baby?
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Do the usage of antiperspirants causes skin cancer or breast cancer
I was going through few articles and it have been mentioned that continuous usage of antiperspirants results in skin cancer or breast cancer and if its true can it cause more side effects over a long ...
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What effects does alcohol have on underage children?
In most countries, there is a legal drinking age: 21 in the U.S., 18 in most European countries. I've always been told that legal drinking age is in place because alcohol has harmful effects on ...
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What are the long-term side effects of melatonin?
What are the long-term side effects of taking melatonin as an oral supplement?
The couple of articles I have read are inconclusive:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/11/what-is-melatonin-...
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Are there any untoward synergistic effects in taking a combination of acetaminophen plus ibuprofen?
A number of years ago, it became popular to advocate a combination of acetaminophen and ibuprofen (or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication) at the usual higher doses — e.g., 1,000 mg ...
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Why do doctors prescribe steroid tablets even though they know the side effects?
Sometimes doctors prescribe steroid tablets to suppress pain for diseases, such as arthritis. Why do they prescribe it even though they know the side effects?
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Alcohol consumption during pregnancy
In what ways does consuming alcohol affect a mother and her child during pregnancy? Can it cause serious effects on the baby that is yet to be born? Can it cause any consequences to the mother and ...
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Was there ever a vaccine candidate that showed negative side effects many months or years after the patient was injected?
The current prognosis for a COVID-19 vaccine to become available is "12-18 months" and a big part of the reason for such a long timeline is the fact that scientists want to ensure that the vaccine is ...
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What is the effect of water consumption on rate of digestion?
I drink a lot of water, a maximum of 0.5 liter per hour.
Does this change the rate of digestion and are there any side effects for this kind of habit?
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What is the time frame of developing adrenal suppression when taking oral corticosteroids?
I was prescribed a short-term prednisolone therapy. From my research, it seems that many of the side effects are associated with prednisolone replacing the natural corticosteroids produced by the body,...
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How much space should be in between taking an antidepressant and drinking coffee?
For stimulants such as Methylphenidate and coffee, it is at least an hour, so I read:
Stimulant + Stimulant = Stimulated. Don't take your Concerta with
coffee in future. Space them out at least ...
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What are the long-term side effects of glyceryl trinitrate patches used to treat a tendinopathy?
Nitric oxide (NO) has been reported to help tendon healing [1,3]. One common way to deliver NO is via glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) patches. In the short run, glyceryl trinitrate can cause severe ...
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How frequently does the use of topical imiquimod result in permanent scarring and/or skin discoloration?
I wonder how frequently the use of topical imiquimod cream results in permanent scarring and/or skin discoloration (e.g., hyper- or hypopigmentation). What I have found so far doesn't give any source ...
