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8 Worrying Drug Side Effects

FDA-approved medications pass clinical trials, but the real world uncovers more

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 7, 2008 7:14 PM CST

(Newser) – Despite rigorous testing, some drugs have side effects that only rear their ugly heads when introduced to the general population. Forbes catalogs some of the weirdest:

  1. Anti-smoking drug Chantix can cause insomnia and nightmares.
  2. Diet drug Alli can have unforeseen gastrointestinal side-effects; these can be
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