Table 5. Clinical details and characteristics of patients admitted due to adverse drug reactions and the suspected medicines (ADR).

Adverse drug reactions	Indication for the medicine	Medicine(s) used	Suspected medicine(s)	Age (years)	Sex	Severity	Duration of admission (days)
Dystonia	Malaria, enteric fever*	Cefixime, amodiaquine/artesunate, paracetamol	Amodiaquine, artesunate, cefixime	12	Male†	Moderate	4
Hypothermia	Malaria, enteric fever*	Cefixime, amodiaquine/artesunate, paracetamol	Amodiaquine, artesunate, cefixime	12	Male†	Moderate	4
Electrolyte disturbance	Status asthmaticus*	Prednisolone, salbutamol, erythromycin	Prednisolone	6	Female‡	Moderate	14
Hyperglycemia	Status asthmaticus*	Prednisolone, salbutamol, erythromycin	Prednisolone	6	Female‡	Moderate	14
Erythema multiforme	Generalized seizure*	Phenobarbitone	Phenobarbitone	6	Male	Severe	8
Erythema multiforme	URTI, malaria§	Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, co-trimoxazole, paracetamol	Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, co-trimoxazole	10	Male	Severe	21
Erythema multiforme	URTI||	Co-trimoxazole	Co-trimoxazole	12	Male	Severe	28
Erythema multiforme	URTI||	Co-trimoxazole, ampicillin	Co-trimoxazole, ampicillin	8	Female	Severe	18
Erythema multiforme	URTI, malaria§	Co-trimoxazole, chloroquine, paracetamol	Co-trimoxazole	10	Male	Severe	20
Macular and morbiliform rash	URTI¶	Ampicillin	Ampicillin	2	Female	Moderate	7
Macular and morbiliform rash	Abdominal pain§	Albendazole	Albendazole	10	Male	Moderate	10
Ileus	Diarrhea¶	Loperamide, co-trimoxazole, chloroquine	Loperamide	3	Male	Moderate	7
Stevens-Johnson syndrome	Malaria, enteric fever§	Ampicillin, co-trimoxazole, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, ibuprofen	Ampicillin, Co-trimoxazole, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine	10	Male	Fatal	Died 10 days later
Stevens-Johnson syndrome	Malaria, URTI§	Ampicillin, co-trimoxazole, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine	Ampicillin, Co-trimoxazole, sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine	12	Male	Fatal	Died 5 days later

^*Medicine prescribed at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital outpatient clinic;

^†a patient who presented with two types of suspected adverse drug reactions (dystonia and hypothermia) to more than one medicine;

^‡a patient who presented with two types of suspected adverse drug reactions (electrolyte disturbances and hyperglycemia) to a single suspected medicine;

^§self-medicated medicine (medicine not prescribed by a doctor);

^||medicine prescribed at a primary healthcare center;

^¶medicine prescribed by a general practitioner. URTI = upper respiratory tract infection.