Knowledge concerning PV
The information obtained about knowledge of PV from the CPs is
represented in Table 2. The results regarding the definition of PV
indicated slightly higher percentages reporting definition of PV as
“detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention” (36%, n=151).
Approximately 41% of participants
(n=187) knew the purpose of PV was to improve public health and safety
in regard to drug use. Additionally, an ADR was defined as “The
noxious, unintended response to a drug” (35%, n=155), “The serious
side effect of a medicinal product” by 33% of the respondents (n=151),
and only 10% indicated that an ARD was “The adverse event of a drug
due to its use outside the terms of marketing authorization”. Nearly
50% of the pharmacists thought that ADRs appear due to the use of OTC
drugs, and 39% believed they could be caused by all mentioned drugs.
Sixty-eight percent of the participants (n=308) thought that ADRs could
be due to drug-drug interactions.