PHAR4823 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Nps Medicinewise, Australian Medicines Handbook, Pharmacovigilance
23 Jul 2018
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Prospective studies and patient registries: warning in the product information - adverse effects, precautions and contraindications. Dear doctor" letters to alert health professionals to the change (mandatory for boxed warnings) Other strategies: national prescribing service (nps) program, australian prescriber (free print and online journal, nps radar (new drugs mail out, medicines line: drug information phone service for consumers. Therapeutic guidelines series: nhmrc clinical practice guidelines portal. Tga alerts and advisories and medicines safety update. The number of adrs are increasing with the age groups and with the rule of 5"s: Those who are 80 years, have 5 years to live, are on 5 different medicines and 5 times more likely to suffer adr. A consequence of ageing or better access to medicines . Start with blood pressure medicines, most people should be on statins adds up! Pharmacovigilance: to pick up adrs in more widely use medicines. Data validation" review of details by someone with toxicological expertise.
