[e-drug] Contents of Prescrire International April 2002

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Contents of Prescrire International
April 2002

EDITORIAL
The real beneficiaries of European drug policy

NEW PRODUCTS

Meningococcal vaccine against serogroups A, C, Y and W-135
(new preparation)
Offers an advantage against A, C, Y and W-135 meningococcal
infection

Epoetin alfa and epoetin beta (new indications)
For anaemia following cytotoxic chemotherapy

Capecitabine and tegafur + uracil (new preparations)
No major breakthrough for colorectal cancer

Gabapentin (new indication)
No advance in add-on therapy of partial epilepsy in children

ADVERSE EFFECTS

Electrolyte disorders and sodium phosphates
Nitrofurantoin and neuropathy
Erythroblastopenia with epoetin
Convulsions and hypersensitivity due to bupropion
Urinary retention with loperamide
Failure of ceramic femoral heads

REVIEWS

2001 Prescrire Awards
Drugs in 2001
Type 1 diabetes: benefits of intensive insulin therapy

SHORTCUTS

Racecadotril - Ganirelix - Azithromycin - Iloprost - Single-dose
fluconazole
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