Web site allows users to rate drugs, share side effect info

Published: May 7, 2008, 6:01 pm

Web site allows users to rate drugs, share side effect info A new Web site, www.RateADrug.com, provides an online community-basedrating system for drugs and other medical treatments. It also allowsusers to share information about possible side effects and benefits theyexperience. The site uses anecdotal reports to add to data from clinicaltrials and FDA disclosures. Users can evaluate and share theirexperiences by participating in RateADrug's ongoing surveys. RateADrugis currently conducting specific large-group studies forcholesterol-lowering statin drugs Lipitor, Lescol, Mevacor, Pravachol,and Zocar; antidepressants Lexapro, Prozac, Effexor, Paxil, Zoloft, andPristiq; and insomnia treatments Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, Rozerem, andBenzodiazepines. Users can also review or submit ratings for more than1,000 medications.

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