Posted by Onestone on January 20, 2009, at 12:31:39
In reply to Re: 'Side effect' is a stupid term. » Onestone, posted by Phillipa on January 20, 2009, at 11:54:14
> Sorry don't follow your line of thinking. To me a side effect is something that may or may not happen if you take a med. Phillipa
Yes, but some side effects you're expected just put up with or deal with, sort of "intended" side-effects, like constipation (which is listed on the velafaxine leaflet). with others, it's "for help's sake, get him down to the casualty department right away!", like acute allergic reaction (also on the venlafaxine leaflet).
I think it's a difference in kind, not one of degree.
I would expect the leaflet to make clear the difference between "sorry, you're going to have to put up with this" and "if this happens, stop taking the pill straight away."
If the edronax leaflet had listed nausea as "very common, but goes away after a week to ten days" rather than just saying "nausea", I probably wouldn't have stopped taking it, and then restarted after speaking to my psych.
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