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Reporting of suspected adverse reactions to drugs in the UK; Spontaneous reporting scheme (reporting primarily by patients in contrast to active drug safety monitoring, prescription-event monitoring by health professionals) established 1964 and operated by the MHRA in UK; the system is completely voluntary whereby physicians but also dentists, coronors and patients are encouraged to report (other countries accept only reporting of side effects by health care professionals); incomplete information provided often limit it’s use; → see also casecontrol study, epidemiology, EudraVigilance, MedWatch, pharmacovigilance, who collaborating centre for international drug monitoring.
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(2009). yellow card programme. In: Dictionary of Pharmaceutical Medicine. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-89836-9_1484
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