• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    They do, but they’re legally required to tell you all of the bad effects and it’s rare for the positive effects to have any importance outside the intended effects for the medication to treat a serious disease warranting the risks.

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      On occasion those “positive side effects” become the primary effect the drug is prescribed for.

      Most famously, Viagra was not created to be a male sexual aid.