Two classes of commonly prescribed oral antibiotics are associated with the greatest risk for severe drug rashes that can ...

Concerned over the widely used life-saving beta blocker drugs causing adverse drug reactions, the government’s Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) has issued an alert about the same. An ...

Leape and colleagues [2] reported 3.7% of hospitalized patients experience clinically significant adverse events, with drug complications reported as the most common single type of adverse event ...

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a T-cell–mediated severe cutaneous adverse reaction characterized by rash, fever, internal organ involvement, and systemic ...

The majority of adverse drug reactions were clinically mild, but 11% were moderate severity and eight patients experienced an emergency admission as a result of the adverse drug reaction.

Women are 50–75% more likely to have adverse drug reactions—a new mouse study finally helps explain why by Laura A. B. Wilson and Shinichi Nakagawa, The Conversation ...

Nearly half of the hospitals across Canada failed to report any serious adverse drug reactions in their facilities in the three years after the introduction of mandatory reporting requirements ...

Understanding which antibiotics are associated with a greater risk of C difficile is essential for developing safe and effective treatment regimens not likely to cause adverse drug reactions. 2 ...

With the increasing complexity of medications available today, a comprehensive adverse drug reaction (ADR) surveillance program is necessary to detect, evaluate, and develop mechanisms to prevent ...

Drug reactions have also been shown to lengthen hospital stays. In a , patients admitted to hospital with an adverse drug reaction stayed for a median of eight days.

Women and patients on a higher number of medicines are at greater risk of having an adverse drug reaction, a new study of older people has suggested. One in four experienced at least one adverse ...