Adverse Drug Reactions

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In the medical field, a medical professional's first duty is to do no harm to their patients. However, studies have shown that often times the care that injured or ill people received not only occasionally worsened their condition, but also in some instances were proven fatal. In particular adverse drug reactions are one of the most common examples of this tragic scenario. This paper discusses the increased direct-to-consumer marketing efforts of pharmaceutical companies, the types of adverse drug reactions and finally the incidence of drug reactions.

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"A major cause of morbidity and mortality, worldwide, is adverse drug reactions, as caused by either immune or non-immune mechanisms. These reactions are the most common iatrogenic illnesses, which complicate between five and fifteen percent of therapeutic drug courses. More than 100,000 deaths, in the United States, are characterized by serious, adverse drug reactions, each year (Riedl & Casillas, 2003, p. 1781)."

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