The Impact of Experiencing Adverse Drug Reactions on the Patient's Quality of Life:A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study in the Netherlands

INTRODUCTION: There is little information as to what extent adverse drug reactions (ADRs) influence patients' health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). From a pharmacovigilance perspective, capturing and making the best use of this information remains a challenge. The Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb received about 1800 reports after the packaging of the drug Thyrax(®) (levothyroxine; Aspen Pharma Trading Limited, Dublin, Ireland) changed from a brown glass bottle to a blister package in the Netherlands. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to explore the impact of ADRs on HR-QO... Mehr ...