Safety monitoring of herbal medicines in Nigeria: worrying state of pharmacovigilance system based on WHO core pharmacovigilance indicators

• Main Authors: Sulayman Tunde Balogun (Author), Kenneth Okwong Okon (Author), Ayodele Oluwasoji Akanmu (Author), Leonard Mela Paul (Author), Olufunke Adebola Sodipo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Herbal medicines (HMs) have shown therapeutic and toxicological potentials. Thus, the WHO expanded the pharmacovigilance (PVG) scope to include HMs. This study appraised the state of PVG system in Nigeria for the safety monitoring of HMs using WHO core PVG indicators. Methods: Between...