Side effect
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Side effect can mean:
- Adverse drug reaction, an unintended consequence specifically arising from drug therapy
- Therapeutic effect, a desirable consequence of any kind of medical treatment, even though resulting as an unintended, unexpected consequence of the treatment
- Adverse effect (medicine), an unintended, and undesirable, consequence of any kind of medical treatment
- Unintended consequence, an effect that is unforseen, regardless of type or quality
- Externality, an economic term for the effects of a transaction on parties who did not make the original agreement.
- Side effect (computer science), a state change caused by a function call
- Side Effects (2005 film), starring Katherine Heigl, a satirical look at the pharmaceutical industry.
- Side Effects, a collection of short stories by Woody Allen
- Side Effects (TV series), a Canadian TV series
- The Side Effects, a 1980s indie rock band
- Side Effect, a 1970s soul band