Background. Adverse drug reactions are global problems of major concern. Adverse drug reaction reporting helps the drug monitoring system to detect the unwanted effects of those drugs which are already in the market. Aims. To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of health care professionals working in Nekemte town towards adverse drug reaction reporting. Methods and Materials. A cross-s...

OBJECTIVE To describe different approaches to promote adverse drug reaction reporting among health care professionals, determining their cost-effectiveness. METHODS We analyzed and compared several approaches taken by the Northern Pharmacovigilance Centre (Portugal) to promote adverse drug reaction reporting. Approaches were compared regarding the number and relevance of adverse drug reaction...

Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic which is approved for the treatment of anaerobic, streptococcal and staphylococcal infections. There has been an increased interest in the use of clindamycin since it achieves high intracellular levels in phagocytic cells, high levels in bone and appears to have an antitoxin effect against the toxin elaborating strains of streptococci and staphylococci. C...

background: the most common types of medical error are medication errors (mes) which defined as any preventable event that may be caused by an inappropriate medication usage and lead to an adverse drug reaction (adr) event in patients. in recent years, different approaches have been proposed to reduce mes, one of which is reporting adrs. the present study was designed to assess the knowledge, a...

background : adverse drug reactions (adr) are ranked as some of the major causes of patient morbidity and mortality. spontaneous reporting of adrs has remained the cornerstone of pharmacovigilance and is important in maintaining patient safety. this study was conducted to assess the nurses’ knowledge and attitude towards pharmacovigilance, reasons for not reporting adrs, and their pharmacovigil...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the pattern of immunosuppressive drug adverse reactions in adult kidney transplant recipients in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS Adult kidney transplant outpatients under immunosuppressive therapy were recruited into the study. All adverse drug reactions to immunosuppressants and their relevant clinical and paraclinical characteristics were recorded. Causality assessment wa...

The aim of the present study was to monitor adverse drug reactions associated with antihypertensive drugs. The study was conducted in medicine out patient department of 150-bed Majeedia Hospital at Hamdard University Campus in New Delhi. The study was conducted by way of one to one patient interview by a registered pharmacist using a questionnaire-based Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Form dra...

results: a total number of 117 patients were evaluated for adverse drug reactions, among them, 97 (82.9%) were considered to have immunological drug reactions. the most common symptoms of allergic drug reactions were morbilliform eruptions, serum sickness, dress (drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms), and toxic epidermal necrolysis. in 62 patients, anticonvulsant drugs had the prom...

RED MAN SYNDROME — The most common adverse reaction to vancomycin is "red man syndrome" (RMS), which also may be called "red neck syndrome." RMS is not thought to involve drug-specific antibodies and may develop even with the first administration of vancomycin. RMS is a form of pseudoallergic drug reaction, or an adverse drug reactions with signs and symptoms that mimic immunologic drug allergi...