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Type A: augmented pharmacological effects, which are dose-dependent and predictable [5]; Type A reactions, which constitute approximately 80% of adverse drug reactions, are usually a consequence of the drug's primary pharmacological effect (e.g., bleeding when using the anticoagulant warfarin) or a low therapeutic index of the drug (e.g., nausea from digoxin), and they are therefore predictable.
Medicine portal; Books. Anatomy of an Epidemic (2010) by Robert Whitaker; Big Pharma (2006) by Jacky Law; Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime (2013) by Peter C. Gøtzsche; Pharmageddon (2012) by David Healy (psychiatrist) Side Effects (2008) by Alison Bass; Lists. Lists about the pharmaceutical industry; List of books about the politics of science
Side effect. In medicine, a side effect is an effect of the use of a medicinal drug or other treatment, usually adverse but sometimes beneficial, that is unintended. Herbal and traditional medicines also have side effects. A drug or procedure usually used for a specific effect may be used specifically because of a beneficial side-effect; this ...
Alternative Medicine on Trial (North American title: Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine) [ 1] is a 2008 book by Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The book evaluates the scientific evidence for alternative medicines such as acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal medicine, and chiropractic, [ 2] and briefly ...
1861974132. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science is a nonfiction book collection of essays written by the American surgeon Atul Gawande. Gawande wrote this during his general surgery residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and was published in 2002 by Picador. [1] The book is divided into three sections: Fallibility ...
ISBN. 978-1-565-12553-7. LC Class. KF228.S685B37 2008. Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial is a nonfiction book by investigative journalist Alison Bass that chronicles the lawsuit filed in 2004 against GlaxoSmithKline by then New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. [1]
A systematic review from 2016 found that metamizole significantly increased the relative risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, by a factor of 1.4–2.7 times. [31] A study by one of the manufacturers of the drug found the risk of agranulocytosis within the first week of treatment to be a 1.1 in a million, versus 5.9 in a million for diclofenac.
Medication therapy management. Medication therapy management, generally called medicine use review in the United Kingdom, is a service provided typically by pharmacists, medical affairs, and RWE scientists that aims to improve outcomes by helping people to better understand their health conditions and the medications used to manage them. [1]