Study of Emergency Department Visits for Adverse Drug Events
Research of Adverse Drug Events Visits. A new study has found that one in 250 individuals will experience an adverse drug reaction and require treatment in an emergency department (ED). Adverse drug event prevention was a target for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The result was new programs to further the … [Read more...]
RADAR Finds Drug Reactions
Fatal Drug Reactions. Researchers in Chicago reported Wednesday they have found a large number of previously unknown and often fatal reactions to 14 commonly prescribed drugs and to drug-coated cardiac stents. The report in the Journal of the American Medical Association is one of the results of an independent pharmaceutical … [Read more...]
