Quantitative Evaluation of Initial Symptoms as Predictors to Detect Adverse Drug Reactions Using Bayes' Theory

• Published in: Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin Vol. 36; no. 12; p. 1891
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Daisuke, Hosaka, Shigeru, Inoue, Emiko, Ohshima, Kimie, Kutsuma, Nobuaki, Oshima, Shinji, Okuno, Yasushi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Japan Science and Technology Agency 01.12.2013

In prescription dispensing in Japan, to avoid adverse drug reactions (ADR) pharmacists provide patients with information concerning the initial symptoms (IS) of any ADR that might be caused by the drugs they have been prescribed. However, the usefulness of such information for preventing ADR has not...