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Perceptions of Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability: Impact on Evaluating New Treatments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Sidney Kennedy
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Efficacy, safety, and tolerability are primary parameters for evaluation of any pharmacologic treatment. However, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of a new treatment in everyday clinical practice, these parameters must be assessed in the context of a number of societal, patient, and methodological variables.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 14 , Issue S5: Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability Considerations in the Novel Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder , March 2009 , pp. 8 - 10
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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