http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/science/unreported-side-effects-of-drugs-found-using-internet-data-study-finds.html?ref=science&_r=0
"Unreported side effects of drugs are found using Internet Search data finds"
by: John Markoff
The article was about how some scientists were able to find evidence of unreported prescription drug side effects. The scientist were able to detect this even before the Food and Drug administration's warning system.They used automated software tools to examine 6 million internet users taken from web search logs in 2010. they looked for seraches realted to antidepressent, paroxetine, and cholesteral lowering drug, pravastatin. In their search they were able to find evidence that the combination of the two drugs caused high blood pressure. The study done was based on data-mining techniques. Phyicans are supposed to report side effetcs through an "Adverse Event Reporting System". But thhis only happens when a physican notices something.Scientist are taking a new approch by explorinf if it is possible to automate discoveries og "drug-drug" interactions by using FDA data reports. Dr. Altman used a software for scanning anonymized data to look for searches that had been made on drug, symptom, and condition information.They are using this software to find more drug-drug interactions and their side effects.
While reading this article you could see that the discoveries made were amazing. The scientist were able to find out connections between two drugs. what was even more interesting was how they were able to discover how those two specific drugs when used together did have side effects that some people did not know of. The side effect was High Blood pressure. What Dr. Altman was trying to do with the software could be very helpful to many people. He was trying to use the software to find out of nay other drug combination that could have serious side effects.
In conclusion the article is mainly fouscued on how the unknown connections between drugs can be aharmful to many. Also that there are many side effects that we go unaware of because no one knows about them existing.
"Unreported side effects of drugs are found using Internet Search data finds"
by: John Markoff
The article was about how some scientists were able to find evidence of unreported prescription drug side effects. The scientist were able to detect this even before the Food and Drug administration's warning system.They used automated software tools to examine 6 million internet users taken from web search logs in 2010. they looked for seraches realted to antidepressent, paroxetine, and cholesteral lowering drug, pravastatin. In their search they were able to find evidence that the combination of the two drugs caused high blood pressure. The study done was based on data-mining techniques. Phyicans are supposed to report side effetcs through an "Adverse Event Reporting System". But thhis only happens when a physican notices something.Scientist are taking a new approch by explorinf if it is possible to automate discoveries og "drug-drug" interactions by using FDA data reports. Dr. Altman used a software for scanning anonymized data to look for searches that had been made on drug, symptom, and condition information.They are using this software to find more drug-drug interactions and their side effects.
While reading this article you could see that the discoveries made were amazing. The scientist were able to find out connections between two drugs. what was even more interesting was how they were able to discover how those two specific drugs when used together did have side effects that some people did not know of. The side effect was High Blood pressure. What Dr. Altman was trying to do with the software could be very helpful to many people. He was trying to use the software to find out of nay other drug combination that could have serious side effects.
In conclusion the article is mainly fouscued on how the unknown connections between drugs can be aharmful to many. Also that there are many side effects that we go unaware of because no one knows about them existing.
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