Patients often have to deal with devastating side effects of initial treatment (surgery, radiotherapy, and/or chemotherapy), such as pain, fatigue, and respiratory, speech and swallowing problems, negatively affecting health-related quality of life and associated with increased levels of psychological distress.
In clinical trials, Rituxan had been as effective as standard chemotherapy, without the devastating side effects.
Many have devastating side effects, especially in children and when used long term.
The condition typically leads to devastating side effects, including an inability to absorb food, respiratory failure, and even cardiac arrest.
Shelley Jofre reports on rare but possibly devastating side effects of SSRI antidepressants that can lead to psychosis, violence and even murder.
There was limited access to treatment, and those available had devastating side effects.
Some supplements (e.g. ephedra) have serious, sometimes devastating side effects [ 2].
In the next few years, we need to systematically test genetic variances in large PD populations to potentially describe genetic makeups that may predict socially devastating side effects of anti-parkinsonian treatment.
But federal authorities now believe that Mr. Courtney's zeal may have had another, potentially devastating, side effect.
It is one thing when a cancer drug causes some devastating side effect on a relatively small population of users.
