Pharmacovigilance in Traditional Chinese Medicine safety surveillance.
OBJECTIVE
To give an overview of the current status including problems and efforts about pharmacovigilance in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) safety surveillance.


METHODS
It is based on literature review and publicly available data in China.


RESULTS
TCM led to several adverse drug reactions (ADRs) during the past few years and pharmacovigilance about TCM remained as a problem though great effort had been made to improve it.


CONCLUSIONS
Pharmacovigilance in TCM is still facing many challenges in playing critical roles in China. More attention should be paid to pharmacovigilance in TCM safety surveillance.
Wang
Hainan
H
Department of Health Statistics, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Ye
Xiaofei
X
Gao
Qingbin
Q
Wu
Cheng
C
Qian
Yifeng
Y
Luo
Baozhang
B
Sun
Yalin
Y
He
Jia
J
D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012449:Safety; D013997:Time Factors