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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 adverse drug ...

In a recent study published in Therapies, researchers presented an overview of sex-based differences in adverse drug reactions (ADRs) based on epidemiology, technique, and underlying mechanism data.

For decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's adverse events system has been the primary surveillance tool for monitoring potential side effects caused by drugs after they get on the market.

Side effects happen when a treatment causes a problem because it does more than treat the target issue. The impact can range from minor to severe and life threatening. Theoretically, a side effect can ...

Skin rashes can have many different causes, one of which is medications. The symptoms of drug-induced skin reactions can range from a mild itchy rash to more serious reactions, such as widespread ...

Tailoring medicines to an individual’s genetic profile is now possible. One critical aspect is genetic testing that reduces side effects, particularly for patients on psychiatric and cardiovascular ...