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Thalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever"
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That's why they report common side effects, uncommon side effects, and rare side effects. The rare ones often aren't even caused by the drug in question; they're just medical things that came up for someone incidentally while taking the medication, but they still have to be reported just in case.