Those days and weeks after a hospitalization are often a demanding, sometimes confusing time for patients, their loved ones ...

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, ...

Postdischarge adverse drug event risk is amplified by frequent medication changes, formulary substitutions, and insurance ...

Among adults treated for community-acquired pneumonia in the outpatient setting, broad-spectrum antibiotics vs macrolide monotherapy were associated with an increased risk for adverse drug events.

The evaluation of drug safety in clinical trials is a critical element of the drug development process, ensuring that therapeutic benefits outweigh potential harms. Clinical trials, particularly in ...

Adverse drug events can add approximately $3,000 to hospitalization costs, according to research published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. For their study, researchers ...

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 ...

The FDA launched AEMS, a unified platform that replaces fragmented legacy databases to enable real-time adverse event reporting.

Marketing Surveillance (PMS), often referred to as Phase IV clinical trials, is the systematic and ongoing monitoring of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FDA is alerting veterinarians about reports of health problems in dogs, including hundreds of deaths, tied to a drug for ...