Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha are considered as traditional system of medicines in India for more than 3000 yrs and they are still practiced extensively in and around the Indian sub continent. With a wide variety of natural sources available for the management of various diseases, the dependence over these alternative types of medicine is increasing day by day. There are a set of adverse drug reactions which do happen in these alternative set of medicine as well when the body reacts to the drug being introduced into the body. A pharmacovigilance system is needed to collect, evaluated, validate and document such reactions. This 7 month prospective study conducted at the National institute of Siddha, (Chennai) focused on reporting such adverse drug reactions in arthritis patients on Siddha formulations by monitoring patients who receive such formulations, by assessing patient allergic reaction status, effect of various drug interactions and following up with patients on such Adverse drug reactions based on various types of reactions that occurred following therapy. The adverse drug reactions that occurred were noted and assessed using ADR severity assessment scale (Modified Hartwig Seigel Method, WHO ADR scale and Naranjo scale). It can be concluded from this study that there are a set of ADR�s that occur in alternative system of medicine and requires proper management for better therapeutic benefits.
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