[The side effects of drugs]

The study is based on the statistical data of 3317 hospitalized patients 310 of whom (9.34%) were hospitalized because of a drug untoward reaction. The drug side effects are more frequent in women (60.64%) than in men (39.35%). The most affected age groups are those of 20-29 and 30-39 years. 74.21% of the untoward reactions are of immune character and the remaining are pharmacologic. The greater part of the untoward reactions are due to the following drugs: noramidopyrine (10.4%), co-trimoxazole (9.07%), acetylsal (8.21%) and amoxycillin (6.23%). Most frequently affected are: the skin (44.41%), the central and peripheral nervous system (17.41%) and the cardiovascular system (11.06%).