Welcome to ADRES, the Adverse Drug Reaction Electronic System. This website provides
patients, doctors, and other medical professionals with a comprehensive examination
of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), side effects, and other safety information for
both prescription and over-the-counter medications. Our goal is to allow users of
our website make informed decisions when taking (patients) or prescribing (doctors)
drugs. We are providing unmatched information and analysis tools.
Public Citizen Sues FDA to Force Agency to Act on Petition Seeking Stricter Antibiotic
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Evidence of asthma-related deaths and serious complications led the panel of experts to warn against continued use of Glaxo's Serevent and Novartis AG's Foradil for adults, adolescents and children with asthma.
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FDA Approves First Bone Marrow Stimulator to Treat Immune-Related Low Platelet Counts.
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FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Mussel Products from Bantry Bay Seafood.
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FDA Approves First Drug for Treatment of Chorea in Huntington�s Disease.
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FDA Warns Consumers About Potential Problems at Two Baltimore Pharmacies
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FDA Approves 2008-2009 Flu Vaccines. Read more...
Safety Alerts
Prescription drug injuries and deaths reach record levels.
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Pfizer agrees to settle Bextra, Celebrex
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Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death. Analyses of seventeen placebo-controlled trials (modal duration of 10 weeks), largely in patients taking atypical antipsychotic drugs, revealed a risk of death in drug-treated patients of between 1.6 to 1.7 times the risk of death in placebo-treated patients.
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FDA is continuing to evaluate the risk of heart attack with Ziagen and Videx. This evaluation may result in the need to revise the labeling for these products. In the meantime, clinicians should consider the potential risks and benefits of each antiretroviral drug they prescribe.
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FDA is investigating a possible association between the use of Singulair and behavior/mood changes, suicidality (suicidal thinking and behavior) and suicide.
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Serious injuries and deaths have been associated with the use of heparin, a blood-thinning drug that contained active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) from China.
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Several brands of fentanyl transdermal patches are being recalled because they may have defects that could allow the fentanyl gel to leak out of the patch.
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Chantix has been linked to serious neuropsychiatric problems, including changes in behavior, agitation, depressed mood, suicidal ideation and suicide.
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FDA has issued an early communication about serious adverse events, including respiratory failure and death, from Botox and Botox Cosmetic (Botulinum toxin Type A), and Myobloc (Botulinum toxin Type B).
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Women aged 15-44 who used Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal Birth Control Patch are at higher risk of developing venous thromboembolism than women using birth control pills.
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ADRES is based on the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS), and is designed
to make post-marketing safety data and regulatory information easy to use and interpret
so we, consumers and doctors are well informed before taking medication. For researchers,
this database can be an invaluable resource for examination of adverse event reports.
According to the FDA, Adverse Drug Reactions cause more than 106,000 deaths annually
making them the 4th leading cause of death—ahead of pulmonary disease, diabetes,
AIDS, pneumonia, accidents, and automobile deaths.
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with adverse drug reactions
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What you need to know about ADRs: (Source:
FDA)
- Costs $136 BILLION yearly
- Greater than total costs of cardiovascular or diabetic care
- ADRs cause 1 out of 5 injuries or deaths per year to hospitalized patients
- Two-thirds of patient visits result in a prescription
- 2.8 BILLION Outpatient prescriptions (10 per person in the United States) filled
in 2000
- Adverse Drug Reactions increase exponentially with 4 or more medications
A case study of the risk of
Tendon Rupture with Fluoroquinolones antibiotics
A case study of the increased
cardiovascular risk with Cox-2 Inhibitors
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Is it an adverse 'Event' (AE) or an adverse drug 'Reaction' (ADR)?
There is some debate and inconsistencies regarding the definition of Adverse Drug
Reactions. If you call it an adverse event, you may not have a culprit drug
in mind, whereas calling it an adverse drug reaction is already linking it
to a suspected drug. Regardless of whether or not there is a suspected drug, an
AE or an ADR is commonly defined as any adverse change in health or un-desired "side-effect"
that occurs in a person while on a medical treatment (for example, drug or device)
or within a pre-specified period after treatment is complete. Not every adverse
event is causally related to the treatment or test being studied. However, regardless
of causality, people who experienced adverse reactions, or their doctors, are encouraged
to report these events to the FDA or the relevant regulatory authority in the country
where the drug or device is registered.
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Check adverse drug reaction reports of prescription drugs such as
Celebrex, Viagra (sildenafil), Cialis, Levitra, Vioxx, Accutane, Prozac, Lexapro,
Paxil, Plavix, and others
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Check adverse drug reaction reports of commonly used over-the-counter drugs such
as aspirin, Ibuprofen, acetaminophen,
Tylenol, and others
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