Browsing School of Pharmacy by Author "Masuka, Josiah Tatenda"
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An analysis of the trends, characteristics, scope, and performance of the Zimbabwean pharmacovigilance reporting scheme
Khoza, Star; Masuka, Josiah Tatenda (Wiley-Blackwell, 2020)We aimed to determine the reporting trends and characteristics of Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) from the Zimbabwean national pharmacovigilance system. ICSRs submitted to VigiBaseTM, the World Health Organisation's ... -
Exploring the utility of a spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting system in identifying drug–drug interactions between antiretrovirals, antitubercular drugs, and cotrimoxazole: a case/non-case analysis
Khoza, Star; Masuka, Josiah Tatenda; Mosam, Anisa (Springer Nature, 2020)Background: Drug–drug interactions (DDIs) cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with HIV with opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis. However, the literature on quantitative signal detection ... -
An interesting case of carbamazepine-induced Stevens–Johnson Syndrome
Masuka, Josiah Tatenda; Muzopambwa, Garikai; Khoza, Star; Chibanda, Dixon (Springer, 2018)A 29-year-old Black female patient was admitted to a psychiatric ward with symptoms of major depressive disorder with psychosis. The patient was started on amitriptyline 50 mg/day and haloperidol 10 mg/day. On day 4 ...