Adverse drug reactions result in 250 000 UK admissions a year

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BMJ 2004 329: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/332/7550/1109

Hitchen

London

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

More than a quarter of a million patients are admitted to hospital

in the United Kingdom because of harmful effects after taking drugs,

a BMA report estimates this week.

The report cites research from 2004 suggesting that these cases cost

the NHS around £466m (680m; $870m) a year.

The research, by Munir Pirmohamed and colleagues at the University

of Liverpool, was based on an analysis of 18 820 admissions to

hospital over six months, which found that 1225 were related to an

adverse drug reaction (BMJ 2004;329: 15-9[Abstract/Free Full Text]).

Aspirin, diuretics, warfarin, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory

drugs were the drugs most commonly involved.

The authors of the BMA report extrapolated from these figures that

the total for the UK could be 250 000.

In the UK adverse events must be reported to the Medicines and

Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) under the yellow card

scheme, . . . [Full text of this article]

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BMJ 2004 329: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]

[Guest guest]

BMJ 2004 329: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/332/7550/1109

Hitchen

London

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

More than a quarter of a million patients are admitted to hospital

in the United Kingdom because of harmful effects after taking drugs,

a BMA report estimates this week.

The report cites research from 2004 suggesting that these cases cost

the NHS around £466m (680m; $870m) a year.

The research, by Munir Pirmohamed and colleagues at the University

of Liverpool, was based on an analysis of 18 820 admissions to

hospital over six months, which found that 1225 were related to an

adverse drug reaction (BMJ 2004;329: 15-9[Abstract/Free Full Text]).

Aspirin, diuretics, warfarin, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory

drugs were the drugs most commonly involved.

The authors of the BMA report extrapolated from these figures that

the total for the UK could be 250 000.

In the UK adverse events must be reported to the Medicines and

Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) under the yellow card

scheme, . . . [Full text of this article]

Related Article

Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to hospital:

prospective analysis of 18 820 patients

Munir Pirmohamed, Sally , Shaun Meakin, Green, K

, J Walley, Farrar, B Park, and Alasdair M

Breckenridge

BMJ 2004 329: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]

[Guest guest]

BMJ 2004 329: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/332/7550/1109

Hitchen

London

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

More than a quarter of a million patients are admitted to hospital

in the United Kingdom because of harmful effects after taking drugs,

a BMA report estimates this week.

The report cites research from 2004 suggesting that these cases cost

the NHS around £466m (680m; $870m) a year.

The research, by Munir Pirmohamed and colleagues at the University

of Liverpool, was based on an analysis of 18 820 admissions to

hospital over six months, which found that 1225 were related to an

adverse drug reaction (BMJ 2004;329: 15-9[Abstract/Free Full Text]).

Aspirin, diuretics, warfarin, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory

drugs were the drugs most commonly involved.

The authors of the BMA report extrapolated from these figures that

the total for the UK could be 250 000.

In the UK adverse events must be reported to the Medicines and

Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) under the yellow card

scheme, . . . [Full text of this article]

Related Article

Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to hospital:

prospective analysis of 18 820 patients

Munir Pirmohamed, Sally , Shaun Meakin, Green, K

, J Walley, Farrar, B Park, and Alasdair M

Breckenridge

BMJ 2004 329: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]

[Guest guest]

BMJ 2004 329: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/extract/332/7550/1109

Hitchen

London

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

More than a quarter of a million patients are admitted to hospital

in the United Kingdom because of harmful effects after taking drugs,

a BMA report estimates this week.

The report cites research from 2004 suggesting that these cases cost

the NHS around £466m (680m; $870m) a year.

The research, by Munir Pirmohamed and colleagues at the University

of Liverpool, was based on an analysis of 18 820 admissions to

hospital over six months, which found that 1225 were related to an

adverse drug reaction (BMJ 2004;329: 15-9[Abstract/Free Full Text]).

Aspirin, diuretics, warfarin, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory

drugs were the drugs most commonly involved.

The authors of the BMA report extrapolated from these figures that

the total for the UK could be 250 000.

In the UK adverse events must be reported to the Medicines and

Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) under the yellow card

scheme, . . . [Full text of this article]

Related Article

Adverse drug reactions as cause of admission to hospital:

prospective analysis of 18 820 patients

Munir Pirmohamed, Sally , Shaun Meakin, Green, K

, J Walley, Farrar, B Park, and Alasdair M

Breckenridge

BMJ 2004 329: 15-19. [Abstract] [Full Text]