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, ...

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 ...

The assessment of causation for a potential drug interaction requires thoughtful consideration of the properties of both the object and precipitant drugs, patient-specific factors, and the possible ...

Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms, or DRESS syndrome, is a severe hypersensitivity reaction to certain medications. Symptoms of the condition include skin eruption, fever, hematologic ...

Consolidating adverse event databases is a smart move, but without public education, real-time transparency risks becoming ...

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.