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Chapter 21
Example: Adverse Events
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unintended consequences or failures of
drug intervention. ese events needed to be detected, understood,
predicted, and, if possible, prevented or ameliorated. Unfortunately, most
eective drugs also have some unintended consequences. It is important,
therefore, to understand everything the literature is saying about a class
of drugs in order to recognize and anticipate downstream consequences
of protein modulation, and, if possible, nd ways to mitigate the adverse
event.
In order to predict adverse events, it is necessary to recognize chemi-
cal structures in text and nd relevant co ...