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minus-squarethesmoosh@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoI think part of it is also that occasional positive side effects are not something drug companies can advertise. They’re legally obligated to talk about the negative ones.
minus-squareREDACTED@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoBut are they legally not allowed to talk about positive side effects?
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoThey want to keep those under wraps so that they can repackage the drug, label it specifically for those effects, and mark it up another 5000%.
minus-squareAoxoMoxoA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoNope, just “tar” like stool and heart palpitations
I think part of it is also that occasional positive side effects are not something drug companies can advertise. They’re legally obligated to talk about the negative ones.
But are they legally not allowed to talk about positive side effects?
They want to keep those under wraps so that they can repackage the drug, label it specifically for those effects, and mark it up another 5000%.
Nope, just “tar” like stool and heart palpitations