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Medical yoga is defined as the use of yoga practices for the prevention and treatment of medical conditions. Beyond the physical elements of yoga, which are important and effective for strengthening the body, medical yoga also incorporates appropriate breathing techniques, mindfulness, and meditatio …

Pharmacovigilance (PV), or the science of drug safety, is a continuous, systematic discipline dedicated to the detection, assessment, understanding, and prevention of adverse effects or any other medicine-related problem.

It is an essential component of the entire drug lifecycle, beginning during the earliest stages of clinical development and continuing throughout the many years a medication is available for patient use. The core goal is to improve patient care and safety in relation to the use of medicines and, consequently, improve public health.

Limitations of Clinical Trials and the Need for Real-World Surveillance

The necessity for robust PV systems arises from the intrinsic limitations of pre-approval clinical trials. These studies, while rigorous, are conducted on a relatively small number of highly selected patients under controlled conditions and for a finite duration. This structure means they cannot comprehensively capture several critical safety issues:

• Rarity of Events: Very rare adverse drug reactions may not…

Ranil Jayawardena 1,2,✉, Priyanga Ranasinghe 3, Himansa Ranawaka 1, Nishadi Gamage 3, Dilshani Dissanayake 1, Anoop Misra 4

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J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Feb; 11(2): 720–727.

Published online 2022 Feb 16. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1662_21