Farmakovijilansın Önemi: Sahte ve Standart Altı İlaçlar

Yıl 2024, , 86 - 90, 30.06.2024

Yusuf Karataş

https://doi.org/10.17827/aktd.1462835

Öz

The scope of pharmacovigilance has expanded dramatically in recent years. In addition to the need of monitoring adverse drug reactions, it also involves counterfeit/substandard drugs, drug efficacy issues, misuse, and drug abuse. It is documented that among the drugs used for the treatment of patients with a high demand are counterfeited. All healthcare professionals (medical doctor/physicians, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, midwives, and paramedics) must raise awareness about counterfeit/substandard pharmaceuticals, as well as promote preventive measures in this area. The purpose of this review was provide information about counterfeit and substandard drugs that may lead to an increase morbidity and mortality in humans. This article emphasizes the importance of a pharmacovigilance system to combat hazardious effects of counterfeit/substandard drugs on public health.

Farmakovijilansın kapsamı son yıllarda önemli ölçüde genişlemiştir. Advers ilaç reaksiyonlarının önemi ve izlenmesine ilaveten sahte/standart altı ilaçları, ilaçların etkinliğinin eksikliğini, yanlış kullanımı, ilacın kötüye kullanımını da içermektedir. Hastaların tedavisi kullanılan ilaçlardan yüksek oranda talep edilen pahalı ilaçların sahtelerinin yapıldığı belirtilmektedir. Tüm sağlık çalışanları (tıp doktorları, eczacılar, diş hekimleri, hemşireler, ebeler, ve paramedikler), sahte/standart altı ilaçları vd. farkındalıkların artırılması ve bu konuda önleyici çalışmaların artırılması gerekmektedir. Bu derlemenin amacı, insanlarda morbidite ve mortalitede artışa yol açabilecek sahte ve standart altı ilaçlar hakkında bilgi vermektir. Bu derleme, sahte/standart altı ilaçların halk sağlığı üzerindeki zararlı etkileriyle mücadele etmek için farmakovijilans sisteminin önemini vurgulamaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

Farmakovijilans, Sahte ilaç, Standart altı ilaç, Sağlık çalışanları

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