Many medicines are prescribed to the paediatric population on an unlicensed or 'off-label' basis because they have not been adequately tested and/or formulated and authorized for use in appropriate paediatric age groups. Regulatory authorities also need to remind health professionals about the importance of their contribution towards the process of paediatric pharmacovigilance thanks to their r...

The state policy for the safety of medicinal products involves analysis specialists' competence in identifying adverse drug reactions (ADRs) during use products. It is particular importance group essential medicines, including those used cardiology. aim study was to assess ADR-reporting skills doctors managing cardiology patients, with anti-arrhythmics as a case study. Materials and methods : f...

BACKGROUND Patients have been allowed to report adverse drug reactions (ADRs) directly to the government in some countries, which would contribute to pharmacovigilance. OBJECTIVE We started a pilot study to determine whether web-based patient ADR reporting would work in Japan. This article aims to describe the characteristics of the patient reporters, and to clarify patient views and experien...

179 Many countries run schemes which encourage physicians and other health care professionals to report suspected drug reactions (ADRs). The aims of these spontaneous reporting schemes (SRSs) are to identify previously unsuspected reactions, to elucidate the relevant risk factors, and to evaluate the comparative toxicity of drugs within the same therapeutic class [1,2]. By their nature these sc...

INTRODUCTION Patient reporting in pharmacovigilance is important and contributes to signal detection. However, descriptions of methodologies for using patient reports in signal detection are scarce, and published experiences of how patient reports are used in pharmacovigilance are limited to a few individual countries. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to explore the contribution of patient reports...

AIMS Cutaneous manifestations are frequently reported in association with drug use. The aim of this study was to analyse the skin reactions reported to the spontaneous surveillance systems of four Italian regions (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Sicily and the Veneto), and correlate the reports with estimated drug consumption during the same period, paying particular attention to the reactions...

Pharmacy Practice students play an important role in identifying and reporting Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs). Prior studies focused on knowledge of pharmacy ADRs. There are no conducted to assess the understand perception causality assessment A web-based cross-sectional study was from October 2019 April 2020 among various colleges across India. Consent form obtained before filling questionnaire...

Antimicrobials are used widely especially in developing countries, due to the high prevalence of various infectious diseases. Inappropriate use antimicrobials associated with adverse drug reactions. The present study was done analyze patterns Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) reported Reaction Monitoring Centre (AMC) during last five years. This a 5 year retrospective and cross-sectional study. Aft...

BACKGROUND Detection, monitoring and treatment of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are paramount to patient safety. The use of a comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) system has the potential to address inadequacies in ADR documentation and to facilitate ADR reporting to health agencies. However, effective methods to maintain the quality of documented ADRs within an EHR have not been well s...