Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Safety First - UK style

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published Drug Safety Update Issue 8 (PDF).
This issue includes the following drug safety advice articles:

Ketoconazole: restricted indications

Telbivudine: risk of peripheral neuropathy with pegylated interferon

Modafinil: serious skin reactions, hypersensitivity, and psychiatric symptoms

In addition, this issue contains hot topic information about sales restrictions for nasal decongestants containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine because of concerns about diversion into the illegal manufacture of methylamphetamine and informs readers of the new and improved electronic Yellow Card for the reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions.

Hat tip: Matt at http://www.prescriber.org.uk/

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