Pharmacology 2060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Adverse Drug Reaction, Thiopurine Methyltransferase, Drug Allergy
15 Feb 2016
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Module 10: adverse drug reactions and medication errors. To be able to identify the type of adverse drug reaction a patient is experiencing, from a list of their symptoms and a description of their exposure. To describe the difference between carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic drug effects. To identify the stage of embryonic and fetal development when specific teratogenic effects are more likely to occur. To be able to identify patients at high risk for drug induced hepatotoxicity or qt prolongation based on a description of their medical history and concurrent drug use. To be able to list five types of medication errors. To list seven abbreviations that must be avoided during drug therapy. Adverse drug reactions (adrs) are the unintended and undesired responses from drugs. Adverse drug reactions are an enormous societal health problem. Canadian research suggests that 7. 5% of hospital admissions in canada are attributed to adverse drug reactions.
