The 3 most common types of drug-related complications included bone marrow suppression, bleeding, and central nervous system effects, occurring in 16.3%, 14.6%, and 14.6%, respectively.

“Most approaches to preventing adverse drug events in older people have focused on getting doctors to prescribe the right drug in the first place,” said Steinman. “But, it turns out that the majority ...

In some cases, these reactions can be serious and lead to further health problems, longer hospital stays, or even death. The cost of ADRs to the NHS is estimated to be more than £2 billion a year.

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.

Drug reactions have also been shown to lengthen hospital stays. In a large UK study, patients admitted to hospital with an adverse drug reaction stayed for a median of eight days.

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a type of bizarre adverse drug reaction (ADR) damaging liver (L-ADR) which may lead to substantial hospitalizations and mortality.

Cite this: The Frequency of Adverse Drug Reaction Related Admissions According to Method of Detection, Admission Urgency and Medical Department Specialty - Medscape - May 04, 2009.

More information: Veselina Ruseva et al, In situ development of an artificial intelligence (AI) model for early detection of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to ensure drug safety, Pharmacia (2025).

A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed an AI model to predict adverse reactions between oral anti-COVID-19 medication and prescription drugs.

The FDA recently added a new potential adverse reaction to the label of type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic. Taking the medication could be linked to ileus, a condition where the intestines temporarily ...