adverse drug reactions

Only 2 percent of child drug trials have independent safety chec...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 03/17/2008 - 23:00

Only two percent of pediatric drug trials reported using independent safety monitoring committees that can help lead to the early detection of adverse drug reactions, according to a major review published in the journal Acta Paediatrica.


 

Women are treated less frequently than men with statins, aspirin...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 03/03/2008 - 23:00

Women and men experience a similar prevalence of adverse drug reactions in the treatment of coronary artery disease; however, women are significantly less likely than their male counterparts to be treated with statins, aspirin, and beta-blockers according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center.

The study is published in the March issue of the journal Gender Medicine.