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Drug Safety Update: Volume 1, Issue 3, October 2007

This document is in .pdf format and can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

In this issue:

Drug safety advice

  • Piroxicam: new restrictions, including specialist initiation
  • Ketoprofen and ketorolac: gastrointestinal risk
  • Inhaled corticosteroids: pneumonia
  • Pneumovax II: tolerability of re-vaccination
  • Bisphosphonates: osteonecrosis of the jaw
  • Lorazepam: reduction of recommended maximum daily dose

Yellow Card scheme update

  • Please continue to report

Hot topics

  • Botulinum toxin products: rare but serious risk
  • Rosiglitazone and pioglitazone: cardiovascular safety and fracture risk

Stop press

  • Recent letters to healthcare professionals
  • Lumiracoxib and hepatotoxicity: prescribing update
  • Latest safety information

Other information from the MHRA

  • Field safety notices for medical devices
  • Consultation—MHRA strategy

Page last modified: 01 October 2007