Each and every drug has its side-effects and awareness about these side-effects can save us from the complications that can follow, said the Deputy Drug Controller of India, Dr AK Pradhan while speaking at a one-day seminar on side-effects of drugs at the SGRR Institute of Medical and Health Sciences on Friday.
He explained the significance of Pharmacovigilance and highlighted that how a better health in the society can be achieved through Pharmacovigilance. Dr Pradhan informed that Pharmacovigilance was first started in India in the year 2004 with the help of World Bank.
The General Manager of AKUMS Drugs Pharmaceuticals limited, Hardwar, Murlidhar Sahu gave detailed information about Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR).
He said that in many cases, the patient simultaneously take Allopathic, Homoeopathic and Ayurvedic drugs which is harmful as this concoction of drugs for one disease may also lead to ADR.
The topic of seminar was “Pharmacist Practitioners and Pharmacovigilance: The Road Ahead”. The Director of SGRRITS, Dr Preeti Kothiyal, said that the seminar has provided a unique impetus to the practitioner pharmacists, pharmacy students and para-medical staff to understand the recent developments and researches done in the discipline of Pharmacovigilance the world over.