Open AccessAssessment of incidence, causality, severity, and preventability of suspected adverse drug reactions to antidepressant medications in a psychiatry outpatient setting of a secondary care hospital
Author(s) -
Moza Salem Rashed Al Zaabi,
Sathvik Belagodu Sridhar,
Talaat Matar Tadross
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy and bioallied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 0976-4879
pISSN - 0975-7406
DOI - 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_196_19
Subject(s) - medicine , escitalopram , antidepressant , incidence (geometry) , depression (economics) , psychiatry , anxiety , emergency medicine , pediatrics , physics , macroeconomics , optics , economics
Antidepressant medications are primarily used in the management of depression and various anxiety disorders. Antidepressant medications are known to cause adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Reporting ADRs can help in the rational use of medication and better patient drug management.