Experts urge better ADR monitoring to save lives

CUTTACK: Adverse drug reaction (ADR)-related deaths contribute significantly to the mortality due to hospitalisation.

Addressing the valedictory function of the 4th National Pharmacovigilance Week observed by SCB MCH in association with Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, head of Pharmacovigilance department Dr Trupti Rekha Swain said, ADR is any effect which is noxious and undesirable to any medicine prescribed by the physician for the benefit of the patient.