**2. Types of drug-induced hematological disorders**

There are several types of hematological disorders occurring as an adverse drug reaction of drugs, most common types of them are [12, 13]:


## **2.1 Drug-induced aplastic anemia**

This is the clinical condition characterized by extremely low count of blood cells due to the inability of the bone marrow to produce the sufficient amount of new blood cells [18–21]. This is an extremely condition and is generally life-threatening

### *Drug Induced Hematological Disorders: An Undiscussed Stigma DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.109533*

reactions associated with some category of drugs. These drugs are generally having their toxic effect toward the bone marrow and affect the process of blood cell synthesis. This is again life-threatening condition due to its impact on all types of blood cells including white blood cells (WBC), red blood corpuscles (RBC) and platelets (Thrombocyte). Thus, the condition is clinically interpreted by the decline in all types of blood cells.
