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A new study by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital examined emergency department (ED) visits for drug-related poisonings and found that in just one year (2007) in the U.S., there were approximately 700,000 ED visits costing nearly $1.4 billion in ED charges alone. This [...]
We came across a great blog entry from our colleagues at the Illinois Poison Center. They summarize findings from the article: Adverse events from cough and cold medications after a market withdrawal of products labeled for infants, published in Pediatrics, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
From their blog:
The study compared [...]
The rate of unintentional drug poisonings (drug overdoses) has climbed steadily since 1990 and has now reached epidemic proportions. In the 1970′s and 1980′s, the annual rate of mortality was < 2 deaths per 100,000 people per year. Compare that with rates now that are almost 9-10 deaths per 100,000 people per year. In 2007 [...]
