Social media as a source of information on drug safety and how to extract it

Abstract

We have prepared this review of the domestic and foreign scientific literature on how to use the social media for pharmacovigilance purposes. We examined the complexities that are connected with this kind of monitoring and how to extract information on adverse drug reactions from the Internet. The importance of a systematic approach in assessing the safety of drugs and the benefits of social networks is underlined. A description of applications for smartphones, which allow you to easily and quickly report drug adverse reactions is provided.

Keywords

• фармаконадзор
• нежелательная реакция
• спонтанные сообщения
• социальные медиа
• безопасность лекарственных препаратов
• pharmacovigilance
• adverse drug reaction
• spontaneous reports
• social media
• drug safety