The results showed that senior citizens suffered from vomiting, giddiness, toxicity and hearing loss more than those aged below 60. Amongst senior citizens, 63.3 per cent suffered adverse drug reactions. “Adverse drug reaction is preventable if proper care and individualised treatment is offered to senior citizens. At least 64 per cent senior citizens had diabetes and faced more adverse drug reactions compared to population under 60 amongst which 12 per cent had diabetes. India has the largest number of TB patients with an estimated incidence of 2.8 million, against global incidence of 10.4 million.

Source: Indian Express April 01, 2018 21:39 UTC