Advances in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Abstract

Review on Adverse Drug Reactions

Jhansi Rani Konduru

Adverse drug reactions are also known as side effects. Adverse drugs reactions (Adrs), are toxic, unintended, and undesirable impacts which occur as result of drug treatment. These reactions occur due to self-medication or due to intake of over dose of medicines without prescription. The prescribed drugs may produce undesirable effects along with main effect which leads to adverse drug reactions. Most of the adverse drug reactions are preventable. Hence, in order to avoid adverse drug reactions one should take only properly prescribed drugs