Patient reporting of potential adverse drug reactions: a methodological study.

ABSTRACT: AIMS:To develop a systematic generic method of enabling patients to report symptoms which they believe to be due to a particular prescribed drug. METHODS:A piloted body system-based questionnaire was distributed to patients registered with 79 medical practices in Grampian prescribed one of nine recently marketed 'black triangle' drugs. These comprised four antidepressants, three antiepileptics and two analgesics. This requested respondents to identify any symptoms experienced over the previous year which they thought could be due to the 'black triangle' drug they had used. A sample of medical records was examined to compare symptoms recorded with those reported by patients. A classification system was developed for the study to enable the assessment of symptoms reported for their potential

SUBMITTER: Jarernsiripornkul N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1874308 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature