[e-farmacos] Drug Safety Update 2007, vol 1, n 4

["Madurga, Mariano" <mmadurga@agemed.es>]

Estimadas y estimados,

Acaba de publicarse otro numero del boletin Drug Safety Update, de la Agencia Britanica, con el siguiente indice:

Drug safety advice.

-Fibrates: new prescribing advice 
-Lumiracoxib: hepatotoxicity 
-Ceftriaxone: incompatibility with calcium-containing solutions 
-Codeine: very rare risk of side-effects in breastfed babies 
-St John's wort: interactions with all antiepileptics

Yellow Card scheme update

-Please report suspected reactions with herbal medicines

Hot topics

-Illegal herbal remedies that contain Aristolochia: vigilance needed 
-Nasal decongestants that contain pseudoephedrine or ephedrine: sales restrictions

Stop Press

-Moxifloxacin: hepatotoxicity and serious skin reactions-prescribing update 
-Co-proxamol withdrawal: reminder to prescribers 
-Ecoflac infusion solutions: risk of air embolism

Other information from the MHRA

-Optometrists: independent prescribing 
-Patient Information Leaflets: improving quality 
-MHRA conference: 'Combating Counterfeit Medicines'

Un abrazo,

Mariano Madurga Sanz
Correo-e: mmadurga@agemed.es   
Internet: www.agemed.es