The number of reported serious adverse events from drug treatment more than doubled in the United States from 1998 to 2005, rising from 34,966 to 89,842.
Over the same period the number of deaths relating to drugs nearly tripled, from 5519 to 15 107, show data from the US Food and Drug Administration's adverse event reporting system, which collects all reports of adverse events submitted voluntarily to the agency either directly or through drug manufacturers.
Source: Archives of Internal Medicine 2007;167:1752-9.
BMJ 2007;335:585 (22 September), doi:10.1136/bmj.39339.624711.DB
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/335/7620/585-a
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