Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions: Patients to be involved or not?

Medicinesare designed to prevent or treat illnesses, or relieve symptoms. Any medicinecan cause adverse reactions. Thesereactions may not be discovered until many people have used the medicine over aperiod of time. They can occasionallyappear after a person has stopped taking a medicine as well. Patients are no longer passive recipients ofdrug therapy instigated by medical professionals.