After a drug comes to market, a lot can still go wrong. Even though it's been carefully tested, there are sometimes side effects, possibly serious, that won't be found until a large number of people have been on it.
So every drug company out there has a website and phone number where people can contact them to report side effects they've experienced. When this happens the company gets in touch with the physician involved for details.
Last week I put Mrs. Busybody on a new medication. She took her first dose a few hours before her neighbors hosted a large wedding at their home, complete with a live band in the backyard and a DJ in the garage, blasting merrymakers with tunes until the wee hours of the morning.
Mrs. Busybody wasn't invited.
So, of course, sometime after midnight she wandered down the hall to her computer, to contact the drug manufacturer.
When I came in on Monday morning, the drug company's "Adverse Event Reporting" form was sitting on my fax machine, wanting more information on this:
So Mrs. Busybody is the Grinch's mother?
ReplyDeleteBeing pro active. I suspect she is also a frequent contributor on Twitter
ReplyDelete"I poured the whole bottle into the punchbowl, and nothing."
ReplyDeleteWe were somewhere around the Electric Slide when the drugs began to take hold.
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