Monthly Archives: May 2008

Drug Safety Update: May 2008

The MHRA have issued May’s Drug Safety Update, including: Rimonabant (Acomplia): depression; psychiatric adverse reactions Exenatide (Byetta): risk of acute pancreatitis Has this reaction been reported before? Finding out about suspected adverse drug reactions reported to the MHRA Monitoring the … Continue reading

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Etanercept (Enbrel) and infections

The FDA note Amgen and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals’ revisions to prescribing information for etanercept: The revisions include a BOXED WARNING about infections, including serious infections leading to hospitalization or death that have been observed in patients treated with Enbrel. Infections have … Continue reading

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