sinopsis

After the death of clinical trial participant, a female doctor discovers cracks in a medical system that is not looking out for women. Women are 2x more likely than men to experience adverse side effects from prescription drugs. And it wasn’t until 1993 that the female population started to be included in clinical trials, testing all medicine only on men, even female targeted drugs.

By that time, hundreds of non-female tested drugs were already FDA-approved and we’re being prescribed to women—and to this day they still are. That means that much of modern medicine not made for women.

THE FEMALE SIDE EFFECT focused on our hero Dr. Elena Pizana, who works as a medical analyst on a clinical trial, documenting and recording patient side effects. Throughout the film she will encounter the dismissal of male doctors with patients, gaslighting and an incident that takes Elena down a path to find the truth.