Contribution of the Regional Drug Information Center Towards Drug Safety

Drug related complications may lead to huge economic impact and cause significant morbidity and mortality. The present study analyzed the services provided by our Drug Information Center (DIC) in relation to drug safety. Over a period of one year, the DIC received 336 drug related queries. Among th...

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Main Authors: Subish Palaian, P Mishra, PR Shankar, D Bista, B Pawar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nepal Medical Association 2006-01-01
Series:Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Online Access:http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/469
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spelling doaj-a94af5c4c661442293f42b2166ccb45d2020-11-24T21:19:56ZengNepal Medical AssociationJournal of Nepal Medical Association0028-27151815-672X2006-01-014516110.31729/jnma.469Contribution of the Regional Drug Information Center Towards Drug SafetySubish Palaian0P Mishra1PR Shankar2D Bista3B Pawar4Manipal Teaching Hospital / Manipal College of Medical Sciences, PokharaManipal Teaching Hospital / Manipal College of Medical Sciences, PokharaManipal Teaching Hospital / Manipal College of Medical Sciences, PokharaManipal Teaching Hospital / Manipal College of Medical Sciences, PokharaManipal Teaching Hospital / Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara Drug related complications may lead to huge economic impact and cause significant morbidity and mortality. The present study analyzed the services provided by our Drug Information Center (DIC) in relation to drug safety. Over a period of one year, the DIC received 336 drug related queries. Among these 127 queries were related to drug safety. Medical doctors asked 78% of queries and patient care was the purpose behind 64.6% of them. Half (50%) of the enquirers submitted their queries to the center personally or contacted the DIC staff. Forty one percentage of the queries were related to the causality of particular drug towards adverse drug reactions and 10 % regarding drug use in pregnancy and lactation. Centrally acting drugs accounted for 21% of the queries. Twenty two percentage of the enquirers required an immediate answer. DICs by providing unbiased and objective information can reduce the occurrences of drug related complications. Key Words: Drug information center, Drug information services, Drug related complications, Drug safety. http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/469
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P Mishra
PR Shankar
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B Pawar
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PR Shankar
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Contribution of the Regional Drug Information Center Towards Drug Safety
Journal of Nepal Medical Association
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PR Shankar
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title Contribution of the Regional Drug Information Center Towards Drug Safety
title_short Contribution of the Regional Drug Information Center Towards Drug Safety
title_full Contribution of the Regional Drug Information Center Towards Drug Safety
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1815-672X
publishDate 2006-01-01
description Drug related complications may lead to huge economic impact and cause significant morbidity and mortality. The present study analyzed the services provided by our Drug Information Center (DIC) in relation to drug safety. Over a period of one year, the DIC received 336 drug related queries. Among these 127 queries were related to drug safety. Medical doctors asked 78% of queries and patient care was the purpose behind 64.6% of them. Half (50%) of the enquirers submitted their queries to the center personally or contacted the DIC staff. Forty one percentage of the queries were related to the causality of particular drug towards adverse drug reactions and 10 % regarding drug use in pregnancy and lactation. Centrally acting drugs accounted for 21% of the queries. Twenty two percentage of the enquirers required an immediate answer. DICs by providing unbiased and objective information can reduce the occurrences of drug related complications. Key Words: Drug information center, Drug information services, Drug related complications, Drug safety.
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