This website "reports patient ratings and rankings of pharmaceuticals and prescription drug side effects. Database includes FDA-approved pharmaceuticals."http://www.askapatient.com
You can Search by Drug Name:
http://www.askapatient.com/rateyourmedicine.htm
You can add ratings for the medications you take or look at ratings and comments from other patients.
For example:
cetirizine
http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=19835&name=ZYRTEC
simvastatin (scores rather low)
http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=19766&name=ZOCOR
You can add ratings for the medications you take or look at ratings and comments from other patients.
For example:
cetirizine
http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=19835&name=ZYRTEC
simvastatin (scores rather low)
http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=19766&name=ZOCOR
Please note that I am not sure how useful the site is, and obviously, this post is not an endorsement or recommendation.
Related readings:
How reliable are those patient driven rating sites? Notes from Dr. RW, 2010.
Analysis of 4,999 Online Physician Ratings: most patients gave positive reviews (2011 study) http://goo.gl/LgG5L - It begs the question: couldn't researchers add 1 more for a round number 5,000?
Analysis of 4,999 Online Physician Ratings: most patients gave positive reviews (2011 study) http://goo.gl/LgG5L - It begs the question: couldn't researchers add 1 more for a round number 5,000?
Image source: AskaPatient.com.