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Are there any comprehensive portals that provide information about the prevalence of each drug's side effect? The only one I know of is HealthBee? - https://healthbee.co/

I was curious how good HealthBee was, so I asked a pharmacist friend of mine. Her response:

"Bad LOL. It could not find the first drug I want to look at- apixaban or Eliquis. Generic name and brand name, respectively"

Apixaban is apparently a common drug. That said, even she was interested in such a portal as well, saying that it just needs more data.

I find drugs.com useful, which seems to be derived from product monographs. Knowing that "very common", "common", "uncommon", "rare" and "very rare" have specific meanings (e.g. common -> 1%-10%) helps.

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