Adverse drug reactions are challenges in modern healthcare. With the increasing complexity of therapeutics, an ageing population and rising multimorbidity, it is worth emphasizing the importance of pharmacovigilance and rationale pharmacotherapy.
A case report of an elderly female suffering from iatrogenic bicytopenia, which is likely associated with the chronic use of rosuvastatin and valsartan, is presented in this article.
Understanding adverse drug reactions is very important for everyday clinical practice. Good pharmacological databases are a very important tool in the clinical assessment, management and surveillance of ADRs, and therefore, the availability of such databases is crucial for the implementation of pharmacovigilance in everyday clinical practice, as well as high-quality national and international ADRs reporting systems.
Key words: pharmacovigilance, bicytopenia, pharmacotherapy, adverse drug reactions
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