Summary: In a survey of adverse drug reactions in wards of two Belfast hospitals for 52 weeks in 1965-6, 2.9% of 1,268 patients seen were admitted to hospital because of adverse reactions to drugs taken for therapeutic reasons and 241% were admitted because of selfpoisoning. Patients admitted because of adverse drug reactions were older than those admitted because of selfpoisoning and stayed in hospital longer. Among the drugs which caused the adverse reactions were digitalis preparations, antibiotics, corticosteroids, anticoagulants, analgesics, and tranquilizers. Hypersensitivity and sideeffect types of reactions were the most common. Barbiturates were the most frequently used drugs in suicidal attempts.
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