Introduction: Accurate documentation of drug allergies is a recognised quality measure and inadequate allergy significant healthcare issue. Patients can suffer adverse effects following administration medications they report an to. There currently no data available within paediatrics. Method/Cohort: We retrospectively audited children with reported antibiotic allergy, who had one or more adm...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 drug‑drug interactions (ddis) are one of the commonest causes of medication error in developed countries, particularly in the elderly due to poly‑therapy, with a prevalence of 20‑40%. in particular, poly‑therapy increases the complexity of therapeutic management and thereby the risk of clinically important ddis, wh...

INTRODUCTION Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has reduced HIV morbidity and mortality worldwide but has many adverse effects. These adverse drug reactions (ADRs) lead to discontinuations, disease progression or treatment failure. We explored the types and risk factors for ADRs in a cohort starting ART in a teaching hospital in Accra, Ghana where the main regimens used were a combination of nucleoti...

The electronic healthcare databases are starting to become more readily available and are thought to have excellent potential for generating adverse drug reaction signals. The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database is an electronic healthcare database containing medical information on over 11 million patients that has excellent potential for detecting ADRs. In this paper we apply four exist...

Most drugs are used in a larger and more heterogenous population after they are brought to market than initially was evaluated in preapproval trials. Postmarketing pharmacovigilance provides data that enhance the rational and safe use of medications. In particular, the safety profile of drugs is dynamic; new information is continually assessed regarding use and outcomes. Among postmarketing sur...

Aim: Adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting and monitoring activities are of vital importance for patient safety. It is a predominant ubiquitous preventable clinical issue. This study was conducted to assess the ADR in various departments. Methods: Standard forms were filled up by healthcare workers patients from January 2020 December 2021 different The causality appraisal ADRs finished utilizin...

Abstract: Tramadol is most commonly used opioid analgesic. It has a very rare and serious endocrine metabolic side effect as hypoglycaemia. The reason behind hypoglycaemia still unclear but it may lead due to increased insulin concentration utilization of glucose by muscles. In this report, patient prescribed tramadol for toothache. This report focuses on administration. Clinical Pharmacists sh...