Traduction de «Déclaration des effets nocifs des médicaments » (Français → Anglais) :

Canadian Adverse Reaction Reporting Program [ Drug Adverse Reaction Program ]

Yellow card drug react notif

Definition: A wide variety of medicaments and folk remedies may be involved, but the particularly important groups are: (a) psychotropic drugs that do not produce dependence, such as antidepressants, (b) laxatives, and (c) analgesics that may be purchased without medical prescription, such as aspirin and paracetamol. Persistent use of these substances often involves unnecessary contacts with medical professionals or supporting staff, and is sometimes accompanied by harmful physical effects of the substances. Attempts to dissuade or fo ...[+++]rbid the use of the substance are often met with resistance; for laxatives and analgesics this may be in spite of warnings about (or even the development of) physical harm such as renal dysfunction or electrolyte disturbances. Although it is usually clear that the patient has a strong motivation to take the substance, dependence or withdrawal symptoms do not develop as in the case of the psychoactive substances specified in F10-F19. | Abuse of:antacids | herbal or folk remedies | steroids or hormones | vitamins | Laxative habit

Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Expedited Reporting Summary Form

We will adopt in many ways the philosophy and intent of how adverse drug reports have been gathered.

In your presentation, on page 4, you recommend a mandatory system regarding health officials to report adverse health effects of pesticides.

Judy Wasylycia-Leis moved, That, as March 19, 2002 marks two years since the tragic death of Vanessa Young of Oakville Ontario from an adverse reaction to a prescribed drug approved by Health Canada and, as a coroner’s inquest into that death recommended on April 24, 2001 that the federal government institute a system of mandatory reporting of adverse drug reactions and, as the federal government on September 18, 2001 confirmed in Parliament that it would act to address the inadequacies of its adverse drug reaction reporting system and, as Canadians continue to suffer injury and death from adverse reactions as no significant improvement has been forthcoming, the Health Committee agree to allocate time in its schedule, before Parliament rise ...[+++]s for the summer, to review the process for reporting adverse drug reactions and to make recommendations to improve that reporting and to ensure that prompt action is taken to guarantee the safety of Canadians.

As already mentioned here, the adverse effects of medicines have been shown to be the fifth most frequent cause of death among hospital patients.