Monitoring adverse drug reactions in children using community pharmacies: a pilot study.

Derek Stewart; Peter Helms; Dorothy McCaig; Christine Bond; James McLay

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Monitoring adverse drug reactions in children using community pharmacies: a pilot study.

June 29, 2005

Stewart D, Helms P, McCaig D, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2005;59(6):677-83.

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The investigators issued questionnaires to parents in seven community pharmacies to prospectively monitor pediatric adverse drug reactions (ADRs). They found that the system was effective for reporting ADRs.

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