Abstract
Adverse drugs reactions (ADRs) are noxious, unintended, and undesirable effects that occur as are sult of drug treatment at doses normally used in man for diagnosis, prophylaxis ,and treatment. During the course of treatment, drugs prescribed to patients produce certain effects other than the desired or expected effects. These cause concern both to the physician and the patient. Unfortunately, inspite of presence of five well- organized centers for drug monitoring in the country, the number of reports sent annually are dismal. The primary objective of this study To detect, confirm and document suspected adverse drug reaction in hospitalized patients and To evaluate the documented adverse drug reactions (ADRs) for causality, severity, and preventability assessment. The result obtained was A total of 137 adverse drug reactions (ADRs) were documented from 112 patients during the study period from various departments in hospital. Among 112 patients, 94 patients were adults and geriatrics and 18 were pediatrics. During the study period there was no ADRs related hospital admission. In the end 75 ADRs were documented from 47 Male and 44 ADRs were documented from 47 Female.(ADRs) reported from male patients were 64% which was found to be higher than female patients of 36%. Maximum number of ADRs were reported between age group of 31-45 years. Well trained pharmacist in the area of ADRs detection, reporting and monitoring could prove as an asset providing better patient care.