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The State Column | Sunday, November 27, 2011
http://www.thestatecolumn.com/health/according-cdc-four-drugs-er-visits/#ixzz1f6rcICTM
A study released this week finds that four drugs are mainly responsible for most of the emergency room visits in the U.S.
The study, by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, singles out four drugs and drug classes — warfarin, oral antiplatelet medications, insulins, and oral hypoglycemic agents. The study also noted that better management of antithrombotic and anti-diabetic drugs could help avoid thousands of emergency admissions.
The study, published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, highlights a couple of key issues doctors and patients need to be acutely aware of. The first is adverse reactions to medication, and the second is unintentional overdoses.