Open AccessBeyond the black box: drug- and device-associated hypersensitivity events
Author(s) -
Charles L. Bennett
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
drug healthcare and patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 1179-1365
DOI - 10.2147/dhps.s6548
Subject(s) - medicine , nevirapine , adverse effect , pharmacovigilance , anaphylaxis , intensive care medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , allergy , immunology , viral load , antiretroviral therapy
Drug- and device-associated hypersensitivity reactions are serious toxicities that can result in respiratory failure or acute cardiac ischemic events, or even severe hypersensitivity syndromes such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome. These toxicities are usually poorly described in the "black box" warnings section of the product labels.
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