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Abstract
Introduction
The analysis of drugs with adverse effects on voice provides relevant data for the vocal clinic. It is essential that professionals involved in voice care are aligned on the topic of voice pharmacovigilance in order to understand adverse effects from safe and reliable sources.
Objectives
To compare the voice adverse effects of self-reported medications by dysphonic individuals in different sources of information.
Methods
Descriptive and analytical study based on self-reported active ingredients by dysphonic individuals and their adverse effects on voice listed in Electronic Database of the National Health Surveillance Agency of Brazil (Anvisa). Adverse effects were comparatively analyzed between the Anvisa's Electronic Database and information from the Micromedex and UpToDate databases. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics that compared the three sources researched in relation to the number of adverse effects and in relation to the occurrence of adverse effects to the voice.
Results
There was a statistically significant difference between the databases regarding the occurrence of adverse effects of cough, dyspnea, xerostomia, vomiting and hoarseness, with a higher occurrence in the UpToDate database. The UpToDate database showed a statistically significant difference in the amount of drug effects compared to the Anvisa database (P < 0.001, d = 0.744) and compared to the Micromedex database (P < 0.001, d = 0.598), and in the two cases the mean number of drug effects was higher for the UpToDate database.
Conclusions
UpToDate proved to be the most suitable source to complement the data from the medication package inserts at the time of the speech-language pathology assessment. It is recommended that professionals from all countries involved in voice care seek additional evidence-based sources of information to gain access to accurate and up-to-date data on adverse effects of drugs on voice.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Voice is widely regarded as the world''s premiere journal for voice medicine and research. This peer-reviewed publication is listed in Index Medicus and is indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information. The journal contains articles written by experts throughout the world on all topics in voice sciences, voice medicine and surgery, and speech-language pathologists'' management of voice-related problems. The journal includes clinical articles, clinical research, and laboratory research. Members of the Foundation receive the journal as a benefit of membership.