Adverse drug reactions monitoring: prospects and impending challenges for pharmacovigilance

• Published in: SpringerPlus Vol. 3; no. 1; p. 695
• Main Authors: Sahu, Ram Kumar, Yadav, Rajni, Prasad, Pushpa, Roy, Amit, Chandrakar, Shashikant
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 26-11-2014; Springer Nature B.V; BioMed Central Ltd
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Review; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Clinical trial; Pharmacovigilance; Adverse drug reactions
• ISSN: 2193-1801; 2193-1801
• DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-695

Pharmacovigilance plays a consequential role in the surveillance of adverse drug reactions, which is provoked by the drugs used to cure diseases. Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) produce detrimental or undesirable effects to the body after administration of drugs. It has been reported that the number of patients dying because of contrary effects of drugs per year increased upto 2.6-fold. Moreover, rates of hospitalization of patients are increasing owing to adverse effects of drugs. Thus, it becomes challengeable for physician, health care providers, WHO and pharmaceutical industries to resolve the associated problem of ADRs. During the clinical trial of a novel drug, it is prominent to explore the dependability of drug. In this review, we documented the details required to identify the ADRs in patients along with reported banned drugs.