Abstract
Background: Pharmacist is the very important link between the healthcare provider and patient. Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the reporting by pharmacist in Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI). Method: Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) submitted by pharmacists spontaneously to the NCC-PvPI were extracted from the data base of July 2011 to December 2014. We analyzed these reports for patients Sex, Age and Seriousness of the reactions, etc. Results: Out of 1,10,000 ICSRs in the database 16646 ICSRs were reported by Pharmacists. 3782 reports were serious and 9601 reports were non serious and 1979 reports were of unknown criteria. Conclusion: The pharmacist can help in buildup of an effective Pharmacovigilance system not only in India but throughout the world.
Highlights
Pharmacist plays an important role in field of medicinal drugs including safety of drugs, i.e., Pharmacovigilance [1]
The total numbers of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) reported by pharmacist 16646 out of which 8406 (50.5%) were male and 8010 (48.12%) were females and 132 (0.79%) were found to be in unknown category
Age criteria were assessed as pharmacist collected 15199 (91.31%) ICSRs were of adults, 899 (5.4%) ICSRs were of children, 546 (3.28%) ICSRs were of elderly Patients. 3782 (22.2%) ICSRs were found be serious and 9601 reports were non-serious (57.68%) and 1979 (11.88%) ICSR’s criteria of seriousness were unknown (Table 1)
Summary
Pharmacist plays an important role in field of medicinal drugs including safety of drugs, i.e., Pharmacovigilance [1]. They supply medicines in accordance with a prescription or, when legally permitted, sell them without a prescription In addition to this they ensure an accurate supply of appropriate products, their professional activities cover counseling of patients at the time of dispensing of prescription and non-prescription drugs, to patients and the general public, and participate in health-promotion programme [3,4]. They maintain links with other health professionals in primary health care. Pharmacist is the very important link between the healthcare provider and patient
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