Nearly 3000 people died during the last three years is a result of suffering serious side effects or allergy medicine in the UK. Even 13,000 other people in the same period also experience allergy medication, but ultimately successful because the survivors of hospital care.
Statistical data presented by the Liberal Democrats, including side effects caused by drugs such as aspirin and iboprofen. But experts said that drugs can not become a “scapegoat” by the board for all report the case.
This report is quoted from the scheme “yellow card” presented by the Medicine and Healthcare products Relgulatory Authority (MHRA), which about reports negarif effects of both drugs from the medical staff and patients. Last year alone, 964 patients reported in the UK died as a result of a reaction to medication, compared 1000 patients died in 2005, and 861 people in 2004.
However, there are a lot of evidence that states that 6.5 percent of patients who undergo treatment at the hospital have a reaction or allergy, and four of the five cases that have revealed drug as the main cause. Estimated number of cases of drug reaction with 250,000 cases per year and costs related to spent this much as 466 million Pounds Sterling.
MHRA stated the report prepared with the patient and ask the doctor to report the reaction to the medicine directly through the telephone network, the National Health Service (NHS). While in some cases the side effects or death can not be allergic to that predicted, the Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson that some cases should be avoided.
“We have to learn better from this error,” he said. However the Liberal Democrats have been really doing the investigation on this issue. “This is a dangerous problem, which is putting lives at risk and put the burden on the high cost of national health,” said Norman Lamb from the Liberal Democrats.
While many cases related to drugs in general, determined by GPS and the hospital, blood dilution, such as warfarin and diuretics, the most common cause of including some other types of drugs that can be purchased without the prescription use in the store parking lot. This aspirin, ibuprofen medicine, in which both drugs can cause stomach bleeding if consumed in high doses and long periods.
Director of Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines (vigilance medicine and Risk Management) at the MHRA, June Raine says that each kind of medicine to give the risk of side effects. “Our role is to ensure that the benefits of treatment more than the risk. This is very important to note that the reports loss drug reactions is not always the cause is drugs. Factors other causes, such as the basis of the disease suffered by the patient or other drugs may contribute top of this harmful reaction, “he said.
in Yellow Card Center (YCC) is also a Scottish coin venture with the MHRA also aims to improve the security medicine in Scotland. Local reporting scheme in the UK and Wales during the last 20 years show increases in the quality and quantity of the report, losses due to side effects or drug . This regulation is very important to practice medical clinic. For the YCC also to all parties, both the hospital and the hospital to give a report when the drug reaction occurred. This is to ensure safety. This information is also used when the drug considered to be distributed through a license to the world. YCC Scotland are to receive reports on the various reactions due to serious drug consumption, ie, ends in death or fatal, life threatening, disability, extended hospital care, and others.
