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Is that not the case in the US? Every prescription drug I take in the UK has them broken down by "Very common" (>1/10), "Common" (1/10 to 1/100), "Uncommon" (1/
by stordoff 8y ago
Is that not the case in the US? Every prescription drug I take in the UK has them broken down by "Very common" (>1/10), "Common" (1/10 to 1/100), "Uncommon" (1/100 to 1/1000), "Rare" (1/1000 to 1/10000), "Very rare" (1/10000 to 1/100000), and "Frequency not known" (frequency cannot be estimated from the available data).
- dvlsg 8y agoI don't think I've ever seen that in the US. Would be useful information to know, though, for sure.
- pkaye 8y agoI see that on my prescription brochures in the US.
- joveian 8y agoIf you get a tiny print information sheet it has that information somewhere. More conveniently, drugs.com has that information in the professional section of the side effects page. The inconvenient aspect is that the number of listed side effects seem to inevitably be proportional to how long the drug has been around and how much it has been used and researched, so you also need to have a general idea of all of that if you are trying to figure out which of two drugs is likely to be safer. Also, if two (or more) drugs are commonly used together, the side effects of the combination can be listed on both drugs, even if one of the drugs is most likely primarily responsible.