Side Effects of Drugs Annual

Dr Jeffrey K. Aronson is a consultant clinical pharmacologist and physician in the Department of Primary Health Care in the University of Oxford and a consultant physician in the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust. He has been associated with the Meyler series since 1977 and has published many research papers on adverse drug reactions. He is President of the British Pharmacological Society and serves on many committees concerned with drug therapy, including the Technology Appraisal Committee of the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Joint Formulary Committees of the British National Formulary and the British National Formulary for Children.

• Central nervous system stimulants and drugs that suppress appetiteAntidepressant drugsLithiumDrugs of abuseHypnosedatives and anxiolyticsAntipsychotic drugsAntiepileptic drugsOpioid analgesics and narcotic antagonistsAnti-inflammatory and antipyretic analgesics and drugs used in goutGeneral anesthetics and therapeutic gasesLocal anestheticsNeuromuscular blocking agents and skeletal muscle relaxantsDrugs that affect autonomic functions or the extrapyramidal systemDermatological drugs, topical agents and cosmeticsAntihistamines (H1 receptor antagonists)Drugs that act on the respiratory tractPositive inotropic drugs and drugs used in dysrhythmiasBeta-adrenoceptor antagonists and antianginal drugsDrugs acting on the cerebral and peripheral circulationsAntihypertensive drugsDiureticsMetalsMetal antagonistsAntiseptic drugs and disinfectantsPenicillins, cephalosporins, other beta-lactam antibiotics, and tetracyclinesMiscellaneous antibacterial drugsAntifungal drugsAntiprotozoal DrugsAntiviral drugsDrugs used in tuberculosis and leprosyAntihelminthic drugsVaccinesBlood, blood components, plasma and plasma productsVitamins, intravenous solutions, and drugs and formulations used in nutritionDrugs affecting blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, and hemostasisGastrointestinal drugsDrugs that act on the immune system: cytokines and monoclonal antibodiesDrugs that act on the immune system: immunosuppressive and immunostimulatory drugsCorticotrophins, corticosteroids, and prostaglandinsSex hormones and related compounds, including hormonal contraceptivesThyroid hormones, iodine, and antithyroid drugsInsulin, other hypoglycemic drugs, and glucagonMiscellaneous hormonesDrugs that affect lipid metabolismCytostatic and cytotoxic drugsRadiological contrast agents Drugs used in ocular treatmentTreatments used in complementary and alternative medicineMiscellaneous drugs, materials, medical devices and techniquesMedication errors