There are a number of fora, but I think most routine drugs fall in a gap at this time, where people can get their doctor’s advice and don’t have serious enough problems to doubt it and go to fora. Birth control does seem like a good candidate for study, since it is so popular: there ought to be enough people who want more data.
The Quantified Self people are mainly about self-monitoring and self-experimentation, but they have dreams of aggregating the data. Moreover, it’s run by journalists, so they like to talk about other groups, like Cure Together and Patients Like Me, which are doing “Big & Sloppy” studies. These two sites are structured around disease and while some of the complaints are side-effects of birth control, I’m not sure how one would get advice about other methods. The fora khafra suggests are more structured around drugs, but largely where it is difficult to get medical advice (whether because of legality or unpopularity).
There are a number of fora, but I think most routine drugs fall in a gap at this time, where people can get their doctor’s advice and don’t have serious enough problems to doubt it and go to fora. Birth control does seem like a good candidate for study, since it is so popular: there ought to be enough people who want more data.
The Quantified Self people are mainly about self-monitoring and self-experimentation, but they have dreams of aggregating the data. Moreover, it’s run by journalists, so they like to talk about other groups, like Cure Together and Patients Like Me, which are doing “Big & Sloppy” studies. These two sites are structured around disease and while some of the complaints are side-effects of birth control, I’m not sure how one would get advice about other methods. The fora khafra suggests are more structured around drugs, but largely where it is difficult to get medical advice (whether because of legality or unpopularity).