National pharmacovigilance week begins at King George’s Medical University

The theme for this year’s pharmacovigilance week celebration is “Encouraging ADR reporting by patients”

The King George’s Medical University (KGMU) on Saturday launched national pharmacovigilance week to create awareness among health care professionals, patients, attendants and the common masses about adverse drug reactions (ADR) and its reporting, said a press statement from the KGMU.

During the programme, Dr Ajai Verma from the department of pulmonary medicine was also felicitated for his outstanding work. (For representation purpose)

The theme for this year’s pharmacovigilance week celebration is “Encouraging ADR reporting by patients”, to actively engage the common masses, patients and their attendants to identify and report adverse drug reactions, said Dr Sudhir Singh, spokesperson KGMU.

During the week, the patients can report known or unknown, serious or non-serious reactions due to medicines, vaccines and herbal products. The patients can also report various reactions due to Covid-19 medications. There were various medications withdrawn from the market after notable side effects were reported by the patients and healthcare professionals, the press statement added.

It further stated that various tools available for reporting ADR are-helpline number 1800-180-3024, the ADR monitoring centre at KGMU’s department of pharmacology and therapeutics, PvPI ADRs Android Mobile app and the google form available on the KGMU website.

During the programme, Dr Ajai Verma from the department of pulmonary medicine was also felicitated for his outstanding work.