Adverse Reaction Of Medication Zegerid
An adverse drug reaction (ADR) occurs when a drug, supplement or food interferes with or interacts negatively with another drug. While ADRs may be mild, too often they result in serious injury or death. The U.S. statistics are alarming.
- More than 2 million serious ADRs occur each year.
- ADRs cause 100,000 deaths annually
- ADRs are the 4th leading cause of death
- ADRs cause one out of five injuries or deaths each year to hospitalized patients
The reasons there are so...
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