The current social context and its influence on drug surveillance actions
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https://doi.org/10.22239/2317-269X.00761Keywords:
Health Surveillance, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Evidence-based MedicineAbstract
The text examines drugs surveillance actions departing from social movements in the last few decades, and changes in the field of human communications and economy. The background includes the uneven distribution of the information, particularly related to the results of clinical trials with drugs; and the reduction of the critical thought, by some important national and international organizations, regarding the market. Examples, in terms of diagnosis, therapy and prevention of diseases putting on opposite sides the benefits embedded in technologies and the damage arising from its abusive and extended use without a scientific basis, are presented. The text highlights positive counterpoints, such as some national and international initiatives in public policies and the social activism of health professionals and of sectors linked to the scientific press. It also enhances the prominence assumed by systematic reviews supporting evidence-based medicine as well as the development of the patient safety area.Downloads
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