European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING

Syeda Zuleqa, Fazilath Fatima* and Fariya Azeem

ABSTRACT

Adverse drugs reactions (Adrs) are toxic, unintended, and undesirable effects which occur as result of drug treatment. The prescribed drugs may produce undesirable effects along with main effect which leads to an adverse drug reactions. Adverse drug reaction are also known as side effects. Most of the adverse drug reactions are curable. Hence, in order to avoid adverse drug reactions one should take only prescribed drugs. The accuracy of safety evaluation depends particular on the quality of the reporting. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are considered as the leading causes of death among hospitalized patients. Spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting form is essential component and a major tool of the pharmacovigilance system of any country. This form is a tool to collect information of ADRs which helps in establishing the causal relationship between the suspected drug and reaction. As different counties have different forms our aim was to study, analyze the suspected drug and the reaction. The current global network of pharmacovigilance centers, coordinated by the Uppsala Monitoring Centre, would be strengthened by an independent system of the review. This would be considered litigious and important drug safety issues that have the potency to affect public health adversely beyond national boundaries. In this review we will discusss about ADR reporting probability scales, ADR reporting centers, in India, role of pharmacist in ADR reporting.

Keywords: Adverse drug reactions, prophylaxis, drug safety, ADR reporting information, pharmacovigilance.