Community pharmacies in Nepal serve both rural and urban populations and are an integral part of the Nepalese healthcare system. These community pharmacies are run by non-pharmacist professionals with orientation training on pharmacology and drug dispensing. Graduate pharmacists' involvement in community pharmacy will help with patient counselling, dispensing of medication and promotion of safe...

Adverse drug reactions are causing a substantial amount of hospital admissions and deaths, which cannot be underestimated. Although a great effort has been put on the pre-marketing review during pharmaceutical product development, it cannot identify all possible adverse drug reactions. Currently, post-marketing surveillance is conducted through centralized volunteering reporting systems. Howeve...

Group adverse events are those affecting a multitude of individuals rather than a single patient. Although uncommon a group adverse mishap has the potential to cause widespread patient harm and wreak havoc at the implicated institution. The ensuing investigation and surrounding publicity can impact adversely on public confidence. The quantum of error varies enormously. On the one hand the error...

The present study emphasizes on implementation of the adverse drug reaction reporting and monitoring system, in the Dermatology department of Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, by a clinical pharmacist, using different promotional activities. Documented adverse drug reactions were assessed and analyzed for incidence, purpose of visit, types, drug classes, individual drug causing adverse drug reactions...

Immunizations against most vaccine-preventable diseases will be needed indefinitely unless the disease is eradicated. Public acceptance of immunizations may be threatened as vaccine coverage increases and disease decreases, however, due to the increase in both causally and coincidentally related vaccine adverse events. The post-marketing surveillance for such events in the USA in response to th...

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...