A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that adverse drug reactions are a major cause of deaths among hospital patients. The study estimates that somewhere between 76,000 and 137,000 hospital patients die each year from an adverse drug reaction. That would make it one of the leading causes of death in this country.
And these are just from drugs that are correctly given. Wow! (and this study is from 10 years ago...)
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