Are we pharmacovigilant enough in ophthalmic practice?

Are we pharmacovigilant enough in ophthalmic practice?

No drug is absolutely safe. Pharmacovigilance is the science related to detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any other possible drug-related problems. The ocular medications and devices can cause localized and systemic adverse effects. Not all adverse effects are...

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Main Authors: Ashok Dubey, Shailendra S Handu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Age-related macular degeneration
blindness
low vision
prevalence
retina
Cocultivated epithelium
conjunctiva
cornea
limbal stem cells
ocular surface
Diabetic macular edema
optical coherence tomography
sensitivity
specificity
Central macular thickness
neovascular age-related macular degeneration
segmentation error
spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
Intrastromal corneal ring segments
keraring
keratoconus
Adverse drug effects
ocular drug reactions
pharmacovigilance
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2013;volume=61;issue=5;spage=226;epage=229;aulast=Dubey

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