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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2014 Nov 8;53:196–207. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2014.11.002

Table 6.

Examples illustrating common reasons behind the misclassification of tweets.

Post Classified as Issues

geez this vyvanse makes me talk a mile a minute haha non-ADR ambiguous, short
ok vyvanse, it's 4:30am. at this point ima just throw you a big **** you non-ADR ambiguous reference to ADR (sleeplessness)
this cipro is totally “killing” my tummy ..hiks.. non-ADR non-standard description of ADR
i don't know if vyvanse was a good idea #nosleep non-ADR ambiguous, non-standard description of ADR
#restlesslegs #quetiapine non-ADR short, non-standard terms
had a dream my eyes got burnt out of my head, thank you trazodone non-ADR sarcasm/contradictory statement
popped a vyvanse, im tweaked. whoop non-ADR ambiguous, short, non-standard terms
fluexetine and quet zombified me..ah, the meds merrygorount #bipolar non-ADR spelling mistakes, non-standard terms
wtf Humira, ‘clears your skin but may cause u cancer or heart failure smh’… ADR generic statement about ADR, no reference to personal experience
shorter xarelto advertisements: if you take it you may “bleed to death” ADR general ADR statement (reference to advertisement)