Reporting suspected side effects to the HPRA

Medicines can offer numerous health benefits, helping to treat or prevent illness and disease. However, it is important to recognise that using a medicine may also lead to unwanted or unintended side effects, also known as adverse reactions.

A side effect occurs when something unintended or unwanted happens after taking a medicine.

We encourage healthcare professionals and the public, including patients and carers, to report suspected side effects associated with medicines to the HPRA. Reports are carefully reviewed and help us to continuously watch over the safety of medicines that are available for use in Ireland.

You can use the online reporting system to report a suspected side effect.

Alternatively, download and complete the side effect from medicine for human use form or the side effect for COVID-19 vaccines form as appropriate and:

1. email it to medsafety@hpra, or
2. send it by Freepost to:

Pharmacovigilance Section,

HPRA,

Kevin O'Malley House

Earlsfort Centre

Earlsfort Terrace

Dublin 2, D02 XP77, Ireland

You can contact the HPRA's pharmacovigilance section by phone at +353-1-6764971

Important: If you have concerns about your health, please consult your doctor, pharmacist, or nurse for clinical advice. The HPRA cannot provide clinical advice.

To find out more about reporting a suspected side effect to the HPRA, please select the relevant option below: