Personal Injury Law

Study finds Half a Million Kids Suffer Adverse Drug Reactions

By Edward Bills

Adverse reactions to medications send more than half a million children to clinics or emergency rooms each year, new data shows. According to statistics analyzed by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, 22 percent of 585,922 adverse drug events resulted in an emergency room visit among children under 18. The results of the study are scheduled to be published in October issue of the journal Pediatrics.

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on September 29, 2009 (boomark / email).