Perception of the risk of adverse reactions to analgesics: differences between medical students and residents.

ABSTRACT: Background. Medications are not exempt from adverse drug reactions (ADR) and how the physician perceives the risk of prescription drugs could influence their availability to report ADR and their prescription behavior. Methods. We assess the perception of risk and the perception of ADR associated with COX2-Inbitors, paracetamol, NSAIDs, and morphine in medical students and residents of northeast of Mexico. Results. The analgesic with the highest risk perception in both group of students was morphine, while the drug with the least risk perceived was paracetamol. Addiction and gastrointestinal bleeding were the ADR with the highest score for morphine and NSAIDs respectively. Discussion. Our findings show that medical students give higher risk scores than residents toward risk due to analgesic

SUBMITTER: Castillo-Guzman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4974922 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature