Tag: Adverse Drug Reactions
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The Impact and Importance of Pharmacovigilance
Do you think there’s something more crucial than a patient’s safety? As a health care provider, your patient safety is your priority. Performing a risk-benefit assessment for every patient, before any intervention or treatment decision, is pivotal to keep your patient safe. Therefore, any science or activity that strengthens this concept is of great importance.…
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Historical Overview of Pharmacovigilance
History of pharmacovigilance: More than 60 years ago, about 10,000 children were born with devastating malformations in various countries worldwide. The clinicians and researchers were confused and wondered about the cause of this disaster. In 1961, two clinicians, Lenz and McBride, confirmed that thalidomide was the leading cause of this crisis. Taking thalidomide during pregnancy…