They found an 87 percent increase in discussion of psycho-therapeutic agents on non-moderated health social networks.
Conversely, gastrointestinal agents, hormones, anti-infectives and respiratory agents all increased on moderated health social networks.
There was a 42 percent decrease in discussion of central nervous system agents on health networks that require registration.
Conversely, health social networks that require registration had a 225 percent increase in posts about respiratory agents.
The paper is scheduled to be published in the Journal of Biomedical Informatics.
