The side effects of medicines would be the subject matter of a one day national Seminar at Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Technology and Science (SGRRITS) on Friday. The seminar titled “Pharmacist Practitioners and Pharmacovigilance- The Road Ahead’ would be attended by top pharmacy experts of the country. Informing about the seminar the
Director of SGRRITS, Dr. Preeti Kothiyal said that due to side-effects of drugs, large number of patients reach hospital. “ The surprising fact is that these patients have no idea that they are being admitted in to the hospital as a result of side effects of the drugs. The facts and figures released by World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on the side effects of drugs are also surprising and it has released guidelines for the monitoring of the side effects of the drugs,’’ she said. In the seminar, the Drug Controller of India Dr. G.N. Singh would participate as chief guest similarly President, Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Dr. Rao V.S.V. Valdamudi and Director, AKUMS Drugs and Pharmaceuticals limited, Haridwar, Dr. Sandeep Jain will also take part in deliberations.
Dr Kothiyal said that the prime objective of this seminar is to acquaint the practitioner pharmacists, pharmacy students and the professionals of pharma industry with the latest progress in the field of Pharmacovigilance. The other objective is to generate awareness among the general public and other health care professionals about the effect of side effect of drugs.
The guidelines of W.H.O mandate that every government and private hospital must have an Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Cell which would monitor the side effects of the drugs on the patients.