E-drug: Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) Reporting by Patients
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Dear e-druggers,
A friend of me is in charge of studying the possibility to set up an
office where patients can report ADRs with following registration in a
special database. The office shall collect as much information as possible
from the patients of Switzerland with the aim to evaluate the side effect
potential of prescribed and OTC-drugs when used in the community. Special
attention will be paid to identifying factors that influence the risk for
ADRs or compliance (i.e. insufficient patient information, problems with
handling the medication, etc.).
She is looking for information about institutions, activities and projects
in other countries where patients can directly report suspected ADRs. She
got very valuable information from the consumer organisation KILEN
in Sweden and from the Lareb in the Netherlands. I would appreciate if
you could give her further information or adresses of groups that are
active in this field in your country or elsewhere.
Thank you very much for your well appreciated help in advance. I am
looking forward to your response.
Sincerely yours,
Markus Fritz
SWISS DRUG INFORMATION CENTER SDIC/SMI
Postfach 124
CH 4007n Basle/Switzerland
Email: SMI_MF@compuserve.com
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