One in five people who are re-admitted to hospital after having been sent home are suffering from the side-effects of the drugs they have been given, according to a study. Emma Davies, a research pharmacist at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS trust and colleagues analysed the records of 1,000 people treated at a large Liverpool hospital and found that 403 came back within a year of discharge. The drugs most likely to cause problems were aspirin, to prevent strokes and heart attacks, and diuretics, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.

 

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From:  guardian.co.uk      Sept. 7, 2009

 

By:  Sarah Boseley