ADR - Prospective

Question 1

Nature of enquiry

Answer 1

• General information query
• Patient specific
• Risk/benefit comparison between two drugs

Question 2

Patient specific enquiry

Answer 2

• Does the enquirer think that the patient may be at particular risk of an ADR
  e.g. previous history of an ADR to the same class of drugs?
• Does the enquirer want to know more information about a specific side effect e.g. because the patient has asked?

Question 3

Risk/benefit comparison between two drugs

Answer 3

• Does the enquirer want to assess the risk/benefit comparison between two drugs e.g. which is safer, drug A or drug B (often in relation to a specific side-effect)?