Role of PTC In Adverse Drug Reaction

Role of PTC In Adverse Drug Reaction


Nowadays drug therapy is becoming complex due to increasing incidences of adverse drug reactions, the problems can be solved at two levels – to prevent the adverse reactions once they occur and to treat them when they have occurred. The PTC, therefore, issues guidelines for a reporting system for this purpose.

 

Every case of adverse reaction must be first reported by the attending physician to the Chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee. The attending physicians should provide a complete adverse reaction report, containing the name of the drug, route of administration, date of starting and ending the treatment, the indication for which drugs were used, adverse reactions noted for them, and steps taken to treat these. The same is then ultimately recorded in medical records. The PTC interacts with the government bodies like the Drugs Controller General of India, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi), and Post Graduate Institute (Chandigarh) for consultation. 

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