Abstract

Drugs can treat diseases, reduce symptoms, and enhance patients’ health and quality of life. However, taking a
drug is not always as easy as just swallowing a pill. This is because drugs have some unwanted effects. Adverse
Drug Reactions (ADRs) are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality and contribute to excessive
health care costs. To assess knowledge, attitude, and practice of health care providers on adverse drug reporting
among community pharmacists, Gondar, Ethiopia. Community-based cross-sectional study designs were used
from March to May. The sampling method was a survey from community pharmacists. Self-administered
questioner was used, and the collected data was entered SPSS version 20 software for analysis. The study included
85 community pharmacists to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of adverse drug reaction reporting.
From a total 85 community pharmacists, 70(82.4%) of the respondents were able to differentiate ADR from side
effects. Out of 85 respondents, 75(88.2%) and 74(87.1%) knew the availability of the national reporting system
and ADR reporting form in Ethiopia respectively. Moderate reporting of ADR by community pharmacists was
identified in this study. Training sessions to clarify the role of various community pharmacists in ADR reporting
will hopefully fill the observed gap in knowledge and practices. The community pharmacy should formulate
strategies to enhance the detection and reporting of ADRs.