Adverse Reactions Due to Directly Observed Treatment Short Course Therapy: An Indian Prospective Study

ABSTRACT

Detection and monitoring of adverse drug reaction was done by interviewing patients, consulting with physicians about the patient’s clinical problems, reviewing laboratory test and medical records. The data so collected was entered and analyzed using SPSS 21 software.Results: The Incidence of adverse drug reaction was observed in20.4% i.e. 21 out of 102 patients. Total number of adverse reactions developed in 21 patients were 31, with most common being GIT Nanda GS, Singh H, Sharma B, Arora A. Adverse Reactions Due to Directly Observed Treatment Short Course Therapy An Indian Prospective Study . IAIM, 2016; 3(1)6-12.Page 7system(38.7%), followed by skin problems (29%). History of alcoholism,associated co-morbidities, pulmonary TB and DOTS treatment Category II were found to be significantly associated with occurrence of ADRs. Conclusion: The present study highlighted the importance of developing strategies to ameliorate ADRs both to improve the quality of patient care and to control TB safely. In addition, a proper educational counseling may promote more ADR reporting by patients. These strategies may improve the patient adherence to treatment and therapeutic outcome: