Medical practitioners need to implement new strategies for decreasing adverse drugs reactions among seniors, conclude the authors of a scientific literature review led by Michael Steinman, MD, a ...

An adverse drug reaction, abbreviated as ADR, refers to an injury caused by taking certain medication. An adverse drug reaction can happen after taking a single type of medication or a combination of ...

Researchers have identified an increasing trend in medicine-related harm leading to hospital admission. Researchers at the University of Liverpool have identified an increasing trend in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study conducted in France found adverse drug reactions were common in patients with chronic kidney disease, ...

Slower metabolism, compromised adherence, and potential interactions present new challenges as patients get older. Here’s how to manage them. Tom was 90. A retired businessman, he was still happily ...

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a significant cause of hospital admissions and treatment discontinuation worldwide. Conventional approaches often fail to detect rare or delayed effects of medicinal ...

A new study from Queen Mary University of London found that 9% of all reported adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported to the UK medicines regulator are associated with medications where side effect ...

Of more than 100,000 suspected adverse drug reaction reports registered in EudraVigilance, most related to C difficile were associated with ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone ...

Adverse drug events are more common in older people with comorbidities, a new study finds. Factors that are independently linked with adverse drug events are being female, taking more drugs daily, ...

Laura A. B. Wilson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Shinichi Nakagawa receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Compared to men, we know much less about how women ...