Product-specific information and advice M - Z

This page provides links to information about certain medicines and products from – M – Z.

Mercury in medical devices

There are three major uses for mercury in medical devices: blood pressure measurement devices, fever thermometers and dental amalgam.

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Implants for orthopaedics and trauma

We have specialists who investigate adverse incidents and are involved in standards development for joint replacements, trauma/osteosynthesis and spinal implants.

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Recall of certain US tissue products

It came to light in October 2005 that a tissue procurement company in the United States (Biomedical Tissue Services, New Jersey) had failed to adequately screen and document human tissue donors.

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Steroid medicines - Q&A

This page provides questions and answers relating to steroid medicines.

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Swine flu

This page provides information about swine flu.

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Testing kits

This section includes background and publications about in vitro diagnositics (including testing kits).

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Vaccine safety

We continually monitor both the safety and quality of vaccines available on the UK market.

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Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine

This section includes links to MHRA and CSM statements and documents about the alleged links between the MMR vaccine and autism and bowel disease, statements about unlicensed single vaccines, CSM advice on MMR and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and external links to further sources of information on the MMR vaccine.

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Prostheses (endovascular)

Endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms clearly provides an important new therapeutic option for patient management.

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors

This section provides information on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) which are used to treat depression, anxiety disorders and some personality disorders, and serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) which are used to treat depressive illness and anxiety disorders, neuropathic pain associated with diabetes, and stress urinary incontinence.

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'Stop smoking' treatments

As smoking causes many deaths from cancer and other diseases, giving up can have major benefits and substantially improve long-term health.

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Synthetic vaginal tapes for stress incontinence

Vaginal tapes are implanted to treat stress incontinence (leaking urine with coughing, sneezing or exertion).

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Thiomersal (ethylmercury) containing vaccines

The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) keeps the safety of thiomersal (ethylmercury)-containing vaccines under continual review.

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Page last modified: 17 January 2012