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Drug Safety Update: Volume 1, Issue 6, January 2008

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Type: Publication
Series No: Volume 1, Issue 6
Audience: Healthcare professionals
Published: 7 January 2008
Format: Electronic only
Size: A4
Pages: 10
Price: Free
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Author: MHRA
Copyright: Crown
   

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In this issue:

Drug safety advice

  • Statins: interactions, and updated advice for atorvastatin
  • Methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue): CNS toxicity with serotonergic drugs
  • Desmomelt (desmopressin): call for Yellow Card reporting
  • Bivalirudin: risks associated with incorrect dose

Yellow Card scheme update

  • What happens to Yellow Card data?

Hot topic

  • Long-acting β2 agonists for asthma: review

Stop Press

  • Carisoprodol: recommendation to suspend Marketing Authorisations
  • Paraffin-based skin treatments: risk of fire hazard
  • Oral anticancer medicines: risk of incorrect dosing

Other information from the MHRA

  • Patient Information Leaflet of the month

Page last modified: 07 January 2008