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, ...

This retrospective analysis is published in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology.

New grading scales for ocular adverse events in oncology improve clarity and provide drug-dose-modification recommendations, ...

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.

A new scale for grading ocular adverse events in oncology trials addresses ambiguities in CTCAE version 5 and includes dose modification recommendations. The scale, implemented in the I-SPY 2 trial, ...

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 has received hundreds of adverse event reports after people used compounded GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Compounded GLP-1 drugs aren’t reviewed by the FDA for safety or effectiveness. The FDA ...

The FDA is alerting veterinarians about reports of health problems in dogs, including hundreds of deaths, tied to a drug for arthritis pain, according to our sister station in Atlanta WSB-2 TV. The ...