Low awareness of adverse drug reaction reporting systems: a consumer survey
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Consumer reporting of adverse drug reactions
A ny new medication or therapy that has been approved for market authorization after extensive tests and trials is supposed to be efficient and, more importantly, safe. Yet, drug safety is not guaranteed: Many medications can still cause unexpected side effects that only come to light after approval. One of the worst examples is thalidomide, which caused severe birth defects and malformations i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Journal of Australia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0025-729X,1326-5377
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10069