Editorial: Adverse Drug Reactions

Abstract

Two articles in this issue of the journal by Nderitu et al. and Malele et al. prompted me to write this editorial. Both articles focus on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among HIV/AIDS patients in Kenyan and Tanzanian hospitals. A recent literature search on the internet (Google) using the phrase "adverse drug reactions" returned 5,570,000 results in 0.25 seconds. A pharmacological profile or description of any drug would be incomplete if it did not include information on any ADRs associated with its clinical use. In most textbooks of pharmacology, this topic is given wide coverage.