SIGNIFICANCE OF PHARMACOVIGILANCE AND ITS CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

Abstract

Pharmacovigilance mainly deals with adverse drug reactions. It identifies the risk associated with a marketed drug and minimizes the chance of ill effects that it may have on patients. When a drug is marketed, its pharmacological activity is known. However, clinicians are less aware of the adverse effects it may cause in patients. Pharmacovigilance is thus aimed to address these issues.

Keywords

• Adverse drug reactions
• Pharmacovigilance
• Causality assessment