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adverse reactions are always unintended and harmful even on a correct dosage while side effects are always predicted and can be desirable or undesirable even on a correct dosage.

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Q: What is the difference between adverse reaction and side effect?
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What is adverse affect?

An adverse effect is a negative reaction from taking a certain type of medication. Another term for adverse effect is side effect.


How does a toxic effect differ from a side effect?

An adverse effect is an effect that is bad and usually harmful. A side effect is an effect that it can cause. A side effect would be that it can make you tired. An adverse effect would be that it can kill you.


What is an untoward reaction?

An unwanted reaction of a drug or other therapeutic. Basically, an adverse side effect.


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What is adverse effect mean?

If you were given a medication for a cold, and it made your skin turn blue, that would be an adverse reaction to that medication.


What is the medical term meaning undesirable reaction that accompanies the principal response for which the drug was taken?

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Is diabetes mellitus an adverse effect?

Yes. All diseases have an adverse effect on the human body.


What does adverse reaction to drugs mean on a death certificate?

It means that there was a severe side effect attributed to the drug (legal or illegal) which caused the death.


What is the name given to an adverse reaction that is harmless and often tolerated by the patient to obtain the therapeutic effect of the drug?

It's called a side effect u Romeo, don't u watch commercials?


What is the difference between a side effect and a residual effect?

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What also means negative side effect?

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