Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a very real problem in the community, associated with 25-30% of hospital admissions in older adults and estimated to be the 4th or 5th leading cause [...]
ISMP, which stands for Institute for Safe Medication Practices, is a wonderful organization that has numerous resources to offer practitioners and caregivers of all levels. They ha[...]
Results of a study in Great Britain were reviewed in the Telegraph in June of this year, showing that older adults who took a combination of commonly used drugs led to higher morta[...]
In an issue of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology solely dedicated to studies focused on adverse drug reactions (ADRs), 2006, 63:2, authors in Australia measured those w[...]
