Active reporting scheme: an example to evaluate specific adverse drug reactions.

The post-marketing drug-surveillance is mainly based upon spontaneous reporting, whereas in Italy there are a very little percentage of doctors who fill the ADR forms. To increase this percentage we activated an active reporting protocol in out ward. We limited the survey to NSAIDs to improve attention and the doctor's compliance. After an active training period the % of item filled was 95% and there was no differences after a 6 month interval. The % of ARD were 0.27% and 0.21% of DDD in the first and second period respectively.