Unintended effects of drugs are called
a. risks.
b. side effects.
c. secondary benefits.
d. complementary effects.
B
Unintended effects of drugs are called side effects; they may be adverse or advantageous. Risks are unwanted adverse outcomes that may be associated with drugs. Secondary benefits are ad-vantageous effects of the drug beside its original intended purpose. "Complementary" is used to describe use of non-traditional therapies alongside conventional treatments; it is not used to de-scribe drug effects.
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