Legal Implications of Adverse Drug Reactions

摘要: Americans are a drug-taking society. They take 2 to 10 times more prescription and over-the-counter drugs than comparable population anywhere else in the world. The hospitalized patient takes an average of 6 13 drugs. risk-benefit ratio this many medications is unknown. However, there no question that have saved prolonged lives. As mandatory reporting adverse drug reactions (ADR) county, we way knowing what percent taken produces side effects.1 More 1.6 billion prescriptions for 30,000 different written each year United States,1 with about 200 new approved year. estimates significant effects, meaning reactions, range from tens thousands several million per year!