Adverse drug events from paediatric use of extemporaneously compounded medicines in community pharmacy settings: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Extemporaneously compounded medicines are widely used in paediatric patients. However, the associated extent and nature of adverse drug events from these products remained unclear.

Aims

To summarise the characteristics of adverse drug events reported from the use of compounded medicines in children and determine the types of adverse drug events, medications most frequently involved, and reasons for medication errors.

Methods

A search was performed in Medline via Ovid, CINAHL, Embase, Scopus and the ISMP Canada Safety Bulletins to identify studies that described adverse drug events associated with community pharmacy compounded medicines. There were no restrictions based on country or publication date. Two authors independently screened titles, abstracts and

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12820864 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature