RESULTS
drug allergies
ADVERSE DRUG REACTION, DRUG ALLERGIES
Of the 233 sample patients, 51.9% (121) were females and 48.1% (112) males. The mean age was 40.1 years, with a range of 9–89 years. Nearly a third (32.6%) of the sample were aged between 25 and 44, with the next largest portion of patients aged between 15 and 24.57% (133) of patients had at least one medical condition, and 58% of them (77) had two or more categories of medical conditions, representing approximately a third (33.0%) of all sample patients (Table Demographic characteristics of patients in sample population at the time of first presentation to the Griffith University postgraduate oral surgery clinic (The 10 most prevalent categories of medical conditions in the sample population in descending order (Alcohol consumption was the most frequently reported substance use behavior, followed by cigarette smoking. Recreational drug use history was recorded in less than half of the sample patients (Table Cardiovascular medications were the most prevalent, comprising 23.6% of all medications recorded, followed by psychotropics, which encompassed 18.8% of all medications (Table Top 10 drug classes by anatomical/physiological system (Including certain antiepileptics that mood‐stabilising effects (i.e., carbamazepine, lamotrigine, and valproate).Including vitamin and mineral supplements.Top 10 drug classes by therapeutic indication (Including vitamin and mineral supplements.Including carbamazepine, lamotrigine, and valproate, but excluding benzodiazepines.The presence or absence of drug allergies was recorded in 231 (99.1%) patients, of whom 50 (21.5%) reported an adverse drug reaction (Table 