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ArticlePharmacy practice

Type B adverse drug reactions reported by an immunoallergology department.

Maria J Costa, Maria T Herdeiro, Jorge J Polónia, Inês Ribeiro-Vaz, Cármen Botelho, Eunice Castro, Josefina Cernadas

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Article in Pharmacy practice. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria J CostaDepartment of Community Medicine, Information and Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto. Porto (Portugal). amvcasa@netcabo.pt.
Maria T HerdeiroInstitute for Research in Biomedicine - iBiMED, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro. Aveiro (Portugal). teresaherdeiro@ua.pt.ORCID 0000-0002-0500-4049
Jorge J PolóniaPorto Pharmacovigilance Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto. Porto (Portugal). jjpolonia@gmail.com.
Inês Ribeiro-VazCenter for Health Technology and Services Research; & Porto Pharmacovigilance Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto. Porto (Portugal). inesribeirovaz@gmail.pt.ORCID 0000-0002-3442-8158
Cármen BotelhoImmunoallergology Department, Hospital São João. Porto (Portugal). carbotelho@gmail.com.
Eunice CastroImmunoallergology Department, Hospital São João. Porto (Portugal). eunicediascastro@gmail.com.
Josefina CernadasImmunoallergology Department, Hospital São João. Porto (Portugal). josefinacernadas@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4106-8744
Hospital de São João · PTUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Aveiro · PT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveCharacterization of the adverse drug reactions (ADR) reported by the immunoallergology department (IAD), Centro Hospitalar de São João (Porto), to the Northern Pharmacovigilance Centre (NPC).

methodsAn observational, descriptive and retrospective study was conducted, based in a spontaneous report system. Participants were all the patients from the IAD, with suspected ADR, reported to NPC by specialists after the study was completed.

resultsStudied population had a median age of 41 years, with the predominance of the female gender (73.2%). Allergic rhinitis and asthma were the most frequent comorbidities. All studied ADR were type B, 89.6% were serious, 86.4% unexpected and 2.6% associated with drugs that presented less than 2 years in the market. The most represented drug classes were the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (52.6%) and antibiotics (25.2%). Skin symptoms represented 61.2% of the reported complaints. About 52.9% of these ADR occurred in less than one hour after intake. The most frequent ADR treatment at the time of the reaction was drug interruption (86.2%), followed by the prescription of anti-histamines (42.2%).

conclusionsReported ADR to NPC by the Drug Alert Unit were mainly serious, unexpected, associated with NSAIDs and antibiotics and related with marketing authorization medicines older than two years. These results could be very useful to develop strategies to prevent the clinical and economic consequences of ADR.

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Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting SystemsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsInpatientsNon-SteroidalPortugal

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PMCPMC5881478
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