pharmacology: side effect
There may be no drug that has only a therapeutic effect. Effects other than the primary effect are referred to as side effects.
Also: adverse effect
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- Balon, Richard (Editor) Practical Management of the Side Effects of Psychotropic Drugs Hardcover 1998 "With over 900 references and tables, Practical Management of the Side Effects of Psychotropic Drugs is ideally suited for clinical psychiatrists, primary care physicians, internists, neurologists, psychotherapists, pharmacologists, clinical psychopharmacologists, neuropsychopharmacologists, pharmaceutical and behavioral scientists, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines."
- Brown, Thomas Markham & Stoudemire, Alan Psychiatric Side Effects of Prescription and Over-The-Counter Medications - Recognition and Management Hardcover 1998 -"Throughout this information-packed reference, the authors, noted physicians Thomas Markham Brown and Alan Stoudemire, cover all of the major medications used in medicine and psychiatry, focusing on the fundamental ways drugs cause cognitive toxicity and map strategies for clinical management. They also address the consequences of drug interactions and the basic pathophysiology of central nervous system toxicity. With the help of Psychiatric Side Effects of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications, readers will be able to quickly identify the ways drugs sometimes negatively affect behavior and ability to reason, and then determine the best practical course for treating those problems. CD-ROM Included! A CD-ROM containing the complete contents of Psychiatric Side Effects of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications is included. Fully searchable, this CD-ROM is compatible on both MACINTOSH and WINDOWS systems."