me: takes "Flonase" bc sinus stuff me: gums start aching & I have an extreme desire to grind my teeth me: <googles> top hit: "does Flonase cause tooth grinding and gum soreness?" some rando answering :"no, that's not on the list of side effects" 20 other ppl: it did for me
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2/ I simultaneously understand that anecdotes aren't the same thing as data, but when I have this perfect correlation, I google it, and a dozen other people have had the exact same correlation and have even done A/B tests ... well, I'll trust that wisdom of the crowd
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Well, there are thresholds and standards for what are announced as official side effects and what aren’t. Obviously the drug companies don’t want bad PR, so they only list the side effects that officially meet the government required threshold of testing. Yours may not have yet
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oh, absolutely I'm not dissing the drug companies for following repeatable process - I'm a fan of that! I'm just rolling my eyes at people who give TOO MUCH credence to the output of such processes
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