Adverse Reactions to Drugs
- 1 January 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 37 (1) , 94-99
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1965.11695403
Abstract
The present trend toward polypharmacy increases the likelihood of adverse drug reactions and obscures the relationship of drugs to complications. Both host factors and drug factors predispose to the development of an adverse reaction. Reactions may be related to therapeutic or nontherapeutic effects of drugs. Other categories include allergic reactions (immediate or delayed), reactions of uncertain cause, interference with natural defenses, deposition of drug or metabolite in tissue, fetal malformations, and harmful effects in newborn infants.Keywords
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