[Drug side-effects in patients treated by their general practitioner (author's transl)]

Drug side-effects were registered in 50 of 2688 patients on the day of admission to hospital. These were severe in 52%, moderate in 18% and mild in 30%. Three deaths were clearly related to drug side-effects. Side-effects of cytostatic treatment were not included. Cardiac glycosides and anticoagulants were the drugs with the highest incidence of side-effects (50%).