Citation

Wang H, Ye X, Gao Q, Wu C, Qian Y, Luo B, Sun Y, He J. Pharmacoepidemiol. Drug Saf. 2009; 18(5): 357-361.

Affiliation

Department of Health Statistics, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/pds.1725

PMID

19253921

Abstract

PURPOSE: To give an overview of the current status including problems and efforts about pharmacovigilance in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) safety surveillance. METHODS: It is based on literature review and publicly available data in China. RESULTS: TCM led to several adverse drug reactions (ADRs) during the past few years and pharmacovigilance about TCM remained as a problem though great effort had been made to improve it. CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacovigilance in TCM is still facing many challenges in playing critical roles in China. More attention should be paid to pharmacovigilance in TCM safety surveillance.

Language: en