The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published Drug Safety Update for December 2008 (PDF).
This issue contains a summary of the achievements of the Yellow Card scheme in 2008, a seasonal quiz of drug safety knowledge and stop press summaries for the following areas:
Conventional (typical) antipsychotics: increased mortality in dementia
Prograf and Advagraf (tacrolimus): serious medication errors
Norfloxacin: restricted use in urinary infections
Hedrin: keep treated hair away from sources of fire
Melanotan: an unlicensed medicine, the risks of which are unknown
Tigecycline reformulation affects compatibility: correction
Hat tip: http://www.prescriber.org.uk/
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