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Drugs and the otolaryngologist
Author(s) -
Lucente Frank E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197512000-00008
Subject(s) - otorhinolaryngology , explication , medicine , intensive care medicine , drug , psychiatry , epistemology , philosophy
Numerous clinical problems arise as a result of our use of pharmaceuticals. They include untoward pharmacologic effects, socio‐economic problems (excessive cost, abuse), improper administration and various medicolegal difficulties. Two areas of direct concern to the otolaryngologist are drug interactions and drug‐induced diseases, problems which precipitate and prolong hospitalization and which introduce a new clinical entity, “diseases of medical progress.” Otolaryngologic examples of these diseases are abundant; some are considered here in a brief explication of an area of growing concern.