Side Effects of Drugs Annual 18: A Worldwide Yearly Survey of New Data and Trends

Under the supervision of the series editors, an international team of expert authors have gathered together the latest information on advers e drug effects from the international literature. In addition to descr ibing new reports of adverse drug effects, the authors have subjected those reports to critical analysis, setting them into context in terms of clinical relevance and importance, and cross-referring to previous reports where necessary. New adverse effects are reported and evaluat ed and previously reported adverse effects are re-evaluated in the lig ht of the most recent information. A special feature is the reviews, i n which selected adverse effects are discussed in depth. The use of th e book is enhanced by three separate indexes, allowing the reader to e nter the text by drug name, adverse effect name, or drug interaction.