title: Towards better patient care: drugs to avoid in 2015.
abstract: To help healthcare professionals and patients choose high-quality treatments that minimise the risk of adverse effects, we have updated our list of drugs to avoid in early 2015. This 2015 review of medications examined in these pages over a five-year period, from 2010 to 2014, identified 71 drugs that are more harmful than beneficial in all their authorised indications.
mesh_terms: D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D005791:Patient Care