Open AccessAdverse Drug Reaction Monitoring in a Tertiary Care Psychiatry Setting: A Comparative Study between Inpatients and Outpatients
Author(s) -
Tejaswi Gummadi,
Virupaksha Shanmugam Harave,
Lakshmi Narayan Aiyar,
Saraswathy Ganesan Rajalekshmi,
Radhika Kunnavil
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.207328
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacovigilance , medical prescription , drug reaction , adverse drug reaction , prospective cohort study , drug , psychiatry , emergency medicine , pediatrics , adverse effect , pharmacology
Psychotropic medications are the mainstay of treatment in psychiatric disorders and are associated with ADRs which affect the compliance and treatment course. Previous studies have looked at the frequency, profile of ADRs and their management aspects. However, the systematic comparison between IP and OP was lacking even though there is a prescription pattern difference. Hence this study was aimed to compare the proportion, pattern, severity and resolution of ADRs once detected.