Section outline

  • Learning outcome:

    • Describe different types of adverse drug reactions
    • Know about pharmacovigilance
    • Get idea about ADR monitoring.
    • Understand different type of ADR

    Topic contents:

    • Drug induced diseases-racial, ethnic and gender differences in response to drugs,, p

    • Type of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), 
    •  reporting ADRs
    • Pharmacovigilance, establishing cause and effect relationship and drug consumption. 
    • Methodologies for ADRs, Monitoring: spontaneous reporting, intensive hospital-based cohort studies, case control surveillance, prescription event monitoring.