Pharmacovigilance
Ethymology
The word Pharmacovigilance (PV) is a mixture of Greek word “Pharmacon” which means “medicinal substances” and
the Latin word “Vigili” which means “to keep watch”.
Definition:
Pharmacovigilance (PV) is defined as the science and activities relating to the detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other drug-related problem.
Adverse drug reaction (ADR) means the unintended and noxious reactions of administered drug and related items.
Pharmacovigilance Centre Hierarchy
Programme management unit: Ministry of Ayush
National Pharmacovigilance centre ( NPvCC): All India Institute of Ayurveda ,New Delhi
Intermediary Pharmacovigilance Centre ( IPvCC)
1. NIA , Jaipur
2. ITRA , Jamnagar 35
3. NIUM , Bangalore 11
4.NIS , Chennai 14
5. NIH , Kolkata 13
Pharmacovigilance in India
In India awareness about the ADR was first started in October 1983 by organizing a seminar under the auspices of India Pharmacovigilance society at Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.
In 1989 ICMR sponsored the first project on adverse drug reactions in India in the department of pharmacology Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
The first conference on ADR was organized in January 1997 by the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai.
Ministry of AYUSH & Pharmacovigilance
Under the Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India there are currently 63 Pharmacovigilance centers including Ayurveda-28, Siddha-14, Homoeopathy-11 and, Unani- 10. It has three tiers
NEED IN आयुष of Pharmacovigilance
*Misconceptions about ASU&H drugs
* Adulterations and contaminations of ASU&H drugs
*Malpractices:
*Globalization of AYUSH systems
*Increased incidence of Objectionable Advertisements
Pharmacovigilance & Homeopathy
Homoeopathy is system of therapeutic, in which such a medicine is applied in a given disease condition which has the capacity to produce a similar disease condition in healthy human being. Law Of Simillars
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