A SURVEY ON ASSESSING THE KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE AMONG PHARMACIST TO ADVERSE DRUG REACTION RELATED ASPECTS IN SOUTERN PART OF KERALA

A response to a drug that is noxious and unintended and occurs at doses normally used in man for the prophylaxis, diagnosis or therapy of disease, or for modification of physiological function^. Pharmacist can play an important role in ADR monitoring and reporting. It would be worth to assess their knowledge and behaviour in drug safety related aspects. Eighty-one pharmacists in the southern part of Kerala were consented in this study. A questionnaire was prepared to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice of pharmacist regarding ADR reporting and distributed to the identified pharmacist.