Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Research

Pharmacotherapy and Drug Safety

Pharmacotherapy also known as drug therapy is the use of a medical therapies (Surgical, Chemotherapy, Physical therapy, Radiation therapy) to treat disease. Drugs interact with receptors or enzymes present in cells, which promote healthy functioning and shave or cure illness. Drug Safety refers to the pharmacological science that ensures safety and is related to the collection, detection, assessment, monitoring, and prevention of adverse drug effects with pharmaceutical products. Safety monitoring in clinical trials involves the collection of adverse events, laboratory investigations including the planning, execution, data analysis and reporting of the safety information and details of the clinical examination of patients