Adverse drug reaction reporting in the Singapore General Hospital.
Adverse Drug Reaction reporting was made mandatory in the Singapore General Hospital in January 1978. Reports on a total of 59 patients were received on 34 drugs ranging from antibiotics to Chinese medicine. Antimicrobial drugs topped the list of adverse reactions. The most frequently reported drugs in decreasing order of reports were ampicillin, allopurinol, aspirin compound preparations, cloxacillin, digoxin, streptomycin, penicillins and insulins. Allergies were the most common reactions seen.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012846:Singapore