López-Oliva A G, Vargas Castrillón E, García Mateos M, García Arenillas M, Terleira Fernández A, Moreno González A
Unidad de Uso Racional de Medicamentos, Area 1 de Atención Primaria, Madrid.
Med Clin (Barc). 1999 Jan 23;112(2):55-6.
A quantitative and qualitative assessment of reports on suspected adverse drug reactions (ARD) in Spanish medical literature was carried out.
The periods analysed were 1972-1974, 1986-1988 and 1992-1994, and the medical journals were Anales de Medicina Interna, Medicina Clínica and Revista Clínica Española. We selected all articles including specific information on suspect ADR.
The percentage of articles has increased considerably (1972-1974: 2.1%, 1986-1988: 5.7%, and 1992-1994: 8.2%). In spite of this growth, the qualitative data studied have not significantly improved.
It is necessary to device some mechanism in order to improve ADR reporting.