| Popis: |
Within a healthy, vigorous, socially-conscious society drug safety can readily be portrayed as a highly evocative subject, but those who are sick or debilitated are likely to take a more indulgent view. It is inevitable that biologically active substances administered in pharmacological dosages will possess a potential to inflict harm as well as to offer benefit. Indeed, the prescribing doctor is not only required to balance as rigorously as any drug regulatory agency the benefits and risks of the drugs that he uses, he also needs to remain constantly alert to the possibility of unanticipated reactions. In turn, the community has to accept a measure of risk as the price of therapeutic advance, although it has every right to expect that professional skills will be dutifully applied to minimize the dangers. |
