Impotence, he said, worried him greatly, adding, "The likelihood of a cure because of early detection and the fact the cancer was still within the prostate outweighed fear of side effects".
Fear of side effects and previous negative experiences are common reasons for contraceptive nonuse.
Our study did not directly explore fear of side effects as a potential reason for delaying treatment.
Consequently, there could be the mistaken impression that the addition of new drugs brings no benefit, especially when drugs have been recently recommended, when clinical benefits are not immediately apparent, and when is there a fear of side effects.
Pediatric pain is often undertreated/neglected due to time constraints, difficulties in timing of oral analgesics, fear of side effects of opioids and anxiolytics, and apprehension of additional pain in the use of local anesthetic injections.
As time passes, our immediate fear of side effects gives way to general feelings of trust.
One 55-year-old woman in this group withdrew from the trial just before the second injection due to fear of side effects.
Many misconceptions, like fear of side effects and underestimating efficacy, prevented women from OCs use [ 8].
The negative effects of the media had probably increased the fear of side effects (Quote 12).
However, fear of side effects is the most important reason for non-use of contraceptives.
Fear of side effects is the main impediment to FP use.
