PHARMACOVIGILANCE: A REVIEW

Dr. Ram Garg*, Dr. Vandana Sharma, Ashok Kumar Sharma, Gandeep Jasrotia, Shumayla Naaz, Gyanendra Sharma, Rakesh Gurjar and Vijendra Pal Singh

ABSTRACT

Pharmacovigilance (PV) is an important area for the safety and ensuring that the patients safety in every aspect of the drugs being taken or injected. As India is still in its growing stage; lot of research and study to be done and to learn, in the field of PV, in ensuring to insure the safety. As we know Under-reporting is the main problem in India in terms of adverse drug reaction (ADR). There is an increasing number of patients owing to adverse effects of drugs and it becomes a challenge to find out the exact cause the ADRs when a patient in treated with multiple drugs simultaneously. In this review, we will explore the different types to assess ADR and to how its causative agents.

Keywords: Pharmacovigilance (PV), adverse drug reaction (ADR).