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Drug Safety Update: Volume 1, Issue 7, February 2008

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Type: Publication
Series No: Volume 1, Issue 7
Audience: Healthcare professionals
Published: 4 February 2008
Format: Electronic only
Size: A4
Pages: 10
Price: Free
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Author: MHRA
Copyright: Crown
   

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MHRA pages:

In this issue:

Drug safety advice

  • Statins: class effects identified
  • Varenicline: safety update
  • Carisoprodol and meprobamate: risks outweigh benefits

Yellow Card scheme update

  • Reporting by patients and the public

Hot topic

  • Biosimilar products

Stop Press

  • Duphaston/Duphaston HRT (dydrogesterone): withdrawal of Marketing Authorisation
  • Herbal safety news: OSAS (intensive body lotion with aloe vera) found to contain steroids
  • Rosiglitazone: new contraindications and warnings

Other information from the MHRA

  • Patient Information Leaflet of the month
  • Please report suspected counterfeit medicines
  • Midwife prescribing: public consultation

Page last modified: 04 February 2008