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Thalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever" (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 4 days ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago

That's why they report common side effects, uncommon side effects, and rare side effects. The rare ones often aren't even caused by the drug in question; they're just medical things that came up for someone incidentally while taking the medication, but they still have to be reported just in case.