I picked a well known scientific reviewed study that studied all drugs given by doctors in hospital.
Yes, you picked a "well known" study.
From America
Does not included (or you have not included) how many of those ADR's relate to jabs, or more "aggressive" medication for serious applications (such as heart medicine, or cancer treatment?).
Uses data going back to 1966, (In America again). How many of those ADR's would happen under today's regulations?
What is US vs UK regulation.
UK have a huge problem like the rest of the world, it's a recognised problem world wide.
"The NHS is spending nearly £2bn a year treating patients who have had an adverse reaction to drugs prescribed for them by doctors, according to new figures from the centre-left thinktank Compass."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/apr/03/nhs.drugsandalcohol
"Scientists have written to the Prime Minister and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley expressing their concern about drug failures and adverse drug reactions.
More than 10,000 people die every year from bad reactions to prescribed treatments and scientists are calling for a fresh approach.
The experts believe adverse drug reaction has reach "epidemic proportions" amid rising costs in prescriptions.
Drug testing on animals before they are used on humans is being partly blamed.
The letter claims many increasingly prevalent ailments, like Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, cancers and stroke, remain without adequate treatment."
http://news.sky.com/home/politics/article/16004688
"There were 331 deaths with 390 suspected medicines reported for children aged 16 years or less. Medicines most frequently mentioned were anticonvulsants (65 deaths), cytotoxics (34 deaths), anaesthetic agents (30 deaths), and antibiotics (29 deaths). The individual drug most frequently mentioned was sodium valproate (31 deaths). The nature of the reported ADRs were diverse, with hepatic failure the most frequent. In the past decade, there has been an increase in both the total number of suspected ADRs reported in children and the number of reports with a fatal outcome. "
http://adc.bmj.com/content/87/6/462
"A drug used to treat schizophrenia and thought disturbances in patients with Parkinson's disease is the medicine most likely to harm or kill you in the UK, figures obtained by the Ecologist reveal.
Antidepressants, drugs to help patients give up smoking and vaccines against meningitis, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and swine flu are also among medicines most likely to result in adverse reactions, data compiled by the UK's official drug watchdog indicates. "
http://www.theecologist.org/News/ne...ications_most_likely_to_harm_or_kill_you.html
"We found a large literature, with 108 primary studies involving 412,000 patients. ADR incidence was lower since 1985
than before 1985. Across all studies since 1985 there was considerable consistency. Information from the UK was
sparse, but indicated that the UK was similar to Europe, with ADRs affecting about 7% of patients or admissions.
Rates in North America were half those in Europe before and after 1985."
http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/Extraforbando/ADRPM.pdf
http://www.cks.nhs.uk/adverse_drug_reactions/evidence
