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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 09 February 2021

SPC updated to include caution in the elderly, risk of serotonin syndrome when using concomitantly with serotonergic agents and details a new potential adverse effect of treatment of postpartum...

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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 09 February 2021

SPC details a new potential adverse effect of treatment of postpartum haemorrhage (frequency unknown).

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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 21 December 2020

SPCs updated to advise that limited published literature indicates azithromycin is present in human milk at an estimated highest median daily dose of 0.1 to 0.7 mg/kg/day; and no serious adverse...

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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 21 December 2020

Optic neuritis (inflammation of optic nerve) added as an undesirable effect of treatment with unknown frequency.

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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 18 December 2020

Decreased appetite (very common frequency) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (unknown frequency) added to SPC as adverse events.

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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 18 December 2020

SPC includes a warning for cholangitis. Cases have been reported as a complication of cholelithiasis in in the post-marketing setting. Ultrasonic examination of the gallbladder before, and at about...

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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 20 December 2020

Sjogren’s syndrome has been added as an adverse event (frequency rare for monotherapy and in combination with chemotherapy and uncommon in combination with axitinib).

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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 18 December 2020

SPC updated to include information on peak LFT elevations being generally higher in paediatric patients than in older patients. A new 75mg tablet has also been introduced.

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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 30 December 2020

SPC now provides details for use in the new indication of induction of remission in active microscopic colitis. The recommended schedule is 1 tablet (9 mg) daily for up to 8 weeks.

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Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 24 November 2020

SPC now states that epidemiological evidence from a large meta-analysis suggests no increased risk of breast cancer in women with no history of breast cancer taking low dose vaginal oestrogens, but...

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