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Pernicious repercussion of quack prescribing and Self-medication: A hexagon of cases featuring Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reaction (CADR) in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India

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Case Report

Author Details : Bikramjit Barkandaj, Kaushik Mukhopadhyay, Ribhu Chatterjee, Suvajit Das, Chandan Chatterjee*

Volume : 6, Issue : 3, Year : 2019

Article Page : 103-106

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijpp.2019.023

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Abstract

In this case series, we are going to present you with half a dozen cases of adverse drug reactions affecting skin, which took place recently in a tertiary care hospital in eastern India. They were contributed to the wrong use of over-the-counter medications due to the incorrect prescribing by the medical shop owners or self-medication. The casual behaviour of the government over ‘quack’ prescribing and unawareness of common people regarding self-medication may guide to adverse events caused by medical management rather than by an underlying disease which remain undetected by pharmacovigilance programmes. That is why we have decided to analyse series of 6 cases presented in our institution due to self-medication within 14 days.

Keywords: Skin, ADR, Quack, Self-Medication.

How to cite : Barkandaj B , Mukhopadhyay K, Chatterjee R, Das S, Chatterjee C, Pernicious repercussion of quack prescribing and Self-medication: A hexagon of cases featuring Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reaction (CADR) in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India. Indian J Pharm Pharmacol 2019;6(3):103-106

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