ADRs Causing Hospital Admissions;A Reader's Tale of Serotonin Syndrome;Adverse Effects of Laxatives;Oxcarbazepine-Induced SIADH;Two Problems with Fluoroquinolones
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ADRs Causing Hospital Admissions;A Reader's Tale of Serotonin Syndrome;Adverse Effects of Laxatives;Oxcarbazepine-Induced SIADH;Two Problems with Fluoroquinolones
The purpose of this feature is to heighten awareness of specific adverse drug reactions (ADRs), to discuss methods of prevention, and to promote reporting of ADRs to the FDA's medWatch program (800-FDA-1088). If you have reported an interesting preventable ADR to medWatch, please consider sharing the account with our readers.
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