title: [Study on method on post-marketing traditonal Chinese medicine safety assessment].
abstract: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) safety assessment is an important content of post-marketing Chinese herbal medicine assessment and the primary question. It includes safety monitoring and safety evaluation. China has established the elementary system for the TCM safety monitoring, but did few things on safety evaluation. People have knew that the methods of pharmacoepidemiology have good practicability on drug safety assessment in recent years. This article analyzed three methods of pharmacoepidemiology used in post-marketing Chinese herbal medicine safety assessment. There are three examples that may give some suggestions to fellow doctors working for safety monitoring and evaluation of TCM.
authors.affiliation: Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100091, China. kouqiuai@163.com
authors.forename: Qiuai
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: Suping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Guoshuang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Yanming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017891:Pharmacoepidemiology / Q000379:methods*; D011358:Product Surveillance, Postmarketing / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment