Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) till date are still considered as one of the main problems therapy. Pharmacovigilance is monitoring safety by means spontaneous adverse-effect reporting systems, case control and cohort studies.
 This study evaluated levels awareness knowledge pharmacovigilance (i.e., ADR reporting) amongst final year students Rivers State College Health Science Technology, Po...

Background : Pharmacovigilance systems are crucial for monitoring, ensuring the safe use of medications, and reducing frequency adverse drug reactions (ADRs). They also raise awareness importance reporting ADRs to healthcare systems. Aim Explore hampered perspective held by Duhok pharmacists, particularly those employed in hospitals private pharmacy sectors, about pharmacovigilance ADR reportin...

BACKGROUND Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a frequent cause of mortality and morbidity to patients worldwide, with great associated costs to the healthcare providers including the NHS in England. We examined trends in hospital admissions associated with adverse drug reaction in English hospitals and the accuracy of national reporting. METHODS Data from the Hospital Episode Statistics databa...

People in every country of the world are affected by adverse drug reactions (ADR) and it is estimated that at least 60% of ADRs are preventable (WHO fact sheet). Data from various studies have shown that about 20 80% of ADRs are preventable. Majority of hospitals in India do not have an ADR reporting and monitoring programme. Moreover, assessment of the impact and potential for prevention was l...

AIMS To explore the usefulness of data derived from observational studies on adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in defining and preventing the risk of pharmacological interventions in children in different health care settings. METHODS A systematic review of studies on ADRs in hospitalized children, in outpatient children, and on ADRs causing paediatric hospital admissions was performed. Studies w...

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are an important clinical problem and contribute significantly to mortality and morbidity. Scant data on the safety of drug use in children are usually available at the time of marketing authorization, due to the limited number of trials performed in the paediatric population. Few studies monitored the incidence of ADRs in Italian hospitalized children, that cannot...

BACKGROUND Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a well-recognized public health problem and a major cause of death and hospitalization in developed countries. The safety of a new drug cannot be established until it has been on the market for several years. Keeping drug reactions under surveillance through pharmacovigilance systems is indispensable. However, underreporting is a major issue that und...

Detection of probable harmful consequences arised from the usage of pharmaceutical products requires decisive, continuous and close monitoring by medical staff whom should have knowledge of adverse drug reactions and they should also have to report any suspected instances, when any kind of adverse drug reactions have been observed. This study has been carried out on the knowledge, attitude and ...

Detection of probable harmful consequences arised from the usage of pharmaceutical products requires decisive, continuous and close monitoring by medical staff whom should have knowledge of adverse drug reactions and they should also have to report any suspected instances, when any kind of adverse drug reactions have been observed. This study has been carried out on the knowledge, attitude and ...