MONITORING, REPORTING AND MANAGEMENT OF ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS IN PSYCHIATRIC WARD OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Abstract

Background: Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to psychotropic agents are common and can lead to noncompliance or even discontinuation of therapy. Most of the data available on adverse drug events addresses to patients of out setting departments, surgery wards, medicine wards and every few towards psychiatric in-patients; where the patient’s life is on continuous alteration of doses and outcome of which at times is seen as an adverse event. Objective: Monitoring, reporting and management of adverse drug reactions in psychiatric department (That includes suspecting and categorization of ADR). Evaluation of the incidence rate for patients with ADR’s. Measuring the severity, preventability and resolution of ADR‘s have to be detected. Methodology: It is a prospective observational study that will be carried out in the psychiatric department of a tertiary care institution. After explaining the study to the participants, informed consent was obtained. Results: The present study includes 200 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria. Among these 200 patients they were again categorized in two category with ADRs and without ADRs. This study's 19.5% incidence rate of ADRs was found to be comparable to that in other trials, where it ranged from 3.6% to 91%. A total of 39 ADRs were detected. Conclusion: The goal of the current study was to monitor and report un favourable events that occur in a tertiary care hospital's mental unit. The submitted evidenced ADRs were handled for additional review after being reported.