Abstract
Establishment of A New Regional Pharmacovigilance Center for South Jordan: Ten Months Experience
Highlights
Pharmacovigilance (PV) is a system to monitor the safety and effectiveness of medicines
Reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) varied within hospital departments, the gastrointestinal unit and internal medicine department recorded the highest rate of reporting (Table 2)
The most common classes of drugs involved in causing the ADRs were antibiotics and analgesics (Table 3)
Summary
Pharmacovigilance (PV) is a system to monitor the safety and effectiveness of medicines. The ultimate goals of PV are to ensure the rational and safe use of medicines and to improve public health[1]. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines pharmacovigilance as ‘’ the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problems’’2. PV is needed because the information collected during premarketing phase is incomplete with regard to ADRs. In addition, preclinical animal experiments are insufficient to predict safety in humans[3]. Information about rare ADRs, chronic toxicity, use in special groups such as pediatric population, elderly, pregnant women are incomplete. PV plays a crucial role in establishing safety profile after marketing of drugs[5]
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