As Keen and Keen note, benefits are often exaggerated and side effects are often minimized.
However, as the quotes show, these sources often propagated myths (infertility, birth defects) and exaggerated rare side effects (uncontrollable bleeding, enormous weight gain/loss).
But it is a moral dilemma for doctors whose infected patients do not want to start taking drugs immediately, usually because they do not yet feel sick and have heard exaggerated rumors about side effects.
The decision to not use preventive therapy is often based on an inaccurate assessment of breast cancer risk, i.e. underestimation of disease risk and an exaggerated fear of side effects [38], [39].
The remaining 33 patients (group 2) refused AR based on different social and cultural backgrounds, such as how far they lived from the institute (sometimes more than 500 KM) and some prevalent exaggerated concerns about the side effects of radiotherapy, sometimes potentiated by personal previous experience of a relative of the patient.
Although increased levels of neurotrophic factors are beneficial for injured retinal cells, a balanced expression is required in the normal retina since exaggerated doses may have detrimental side effects [ 3, 10, 11].
The potential long-term clinical consequences of this exaggerated mitogenic activity may be related in part to the side effects associated with chronic intensive insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Stephens and Roffman wrote that the side effects shown in the episode are "Perhaps a bit exaggerated, but clearly there are costs of marijuana use similar to these that are experienced by real-life users".
Orlistat accelerates gastric emptying, this could lead to exaggerated postprandial hyperglycemia, 127 and the presence of undigested fat in the bowels causes side effects (such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, oily stools and fecal spotting) that limit use of orlistat.
Given these limiting factors, there is a need for a more convenient treatment regimen, which can improve glycaemic control, yet limit the side effects of, and problems associated with, current insulin regimens, namely hypoglycaemia, weight gain and exaggerated PPG excursions.
