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Evidence and Extrapolation: Mechanisms for Regulating Off-Label Uses of Drugs and Devices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A recurring, foundational issue for evidence-based regulation is deciding whether to extend governmental approval from an existing use with sufficient current evidence of safety and efficacy to a novel use for which such evidence is currently lacking ...
Abbott, Ryan, Ayres, Ian
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Under-reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions: The Need for an Automated Reporting System

open access: yesRevue interdisciplinaire des sciences de la santé - Interdisciplinary Journal of Health Sciences, 2013
Although upwards of 32,000 adverse drug reactions are reported to Health Canada annually, this represents only approximately 5% of cases experienced by Canadians every year. This gross display of underreporting not only results in unrepresentative data in regards to adverse drug reactions, but further discredits databases used by healthcare ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Awareness among nurses about reporting of adverse drug reactions in Sweden

open access: yesDrug, Healthcare and Patient Safety, 2012
Elisabet Ekman,1–3 Göran Petersson,2 Sven Tågerud,3 Martin Bäckström41Regional Pharmacovigilance Unit, R & D Centre Skåne, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, 2eHealth Institute ...
Ekman E   +3 more
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Assessing the 2004-2018 fentanyl misusing issues reported to an international range of adverse reporting systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
© 2019 Schifano, Chiappini, Corkery and Guirguis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Chiappini, Stephania   +3 more
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Comparison of rates of nausea side effects for prescription medications from an online patient community versus medication labels: an exploratory analysis

open access: yesAAPS Open, 2017
Background While medication labels are considered the authoritative resource for medication information, emerging research suggests that patient-generated health data (PGHD) are a valuable tool to understand the ways in which patients experience ...
David A. Blaser   +6 more
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Systematic review of the safety of medication use in inpatient, outpatient and primary care settings in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background Errors in medication use are a patient safety concern globally, with different regions reporting differing error rates, causes of errors and proposed solutions.
Abu Yassin   +95 more
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Characterizing and Comparing Adverse Drug Events Documented in 2 Spontaneous Reporting Systems in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada: Retrospective Observational Study

open access: yesJMIR Human Factors
BackgroundRobust adverse drug event (ADE) reporting systems are crucial to monitor and identify drug safety signals, but the quantity and type of ADEs captured may vary by system characteristics.
Erica Y Lau   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geriatric pharmacotherapy : optimisation through integrated approach in the hospital setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Since older patients are more vulnerable to adverse drug-related events, there is a need to ensure appropriate prescribing in these patients in order to prevent misuse, overuse and underuse of drugs.
A Corsonello   +63 more
core   +1 more source

Pharmacovigilance and drug safety 2011 in Calabria (Italy): Adverse events analysis

open access: yesJournal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2012
Background : Pharmacovigilance assesses the safety profile of drugs. Its main aim is the increase of spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs). The Italian Drug Agency (AIFA; Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco) is financing several projects to the
Francesca Scicchitano   +18 more
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