Add this result to my export selection Direct Healthcare Professional Communication: 5-Fluorouracil (i.v.), Capecitabine and Tegafur containing products: Pre-treatment testing to identify DPD-deficient patients at increased risk of severe and fatal toxicity Source: electronic Medicines Compendium - eMC (Remove filter) Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 27 May 2020 This letter to HCPs brings attention the fact that patients with partial or complete dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency are at increased risk of severe and fatal toxicity during... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Risk minimisation materials: Bayer Intrauterine System (IUS) Educational Pack (Kyleena; Jaydess; Mirena) Source: electronic Medicines Compendium - eMC (Remove filter) Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 16 September 2020 This healthcare professional brochure contains information on the risk of ectopic pregnancy in association with the use of Bayer levonorgestrel IUS (LNG-IUS), and explains the differences between the... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Educational Risk Minimisation Materials to help reduce the risk associated with using Syonell (valproate semisodium) Source: electronic Medicines Compendium - eMC (Remove filter) Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 17 February 2020 The materials include an annual risk acknowledgment form, a patient guide, healthcare professionals’ educational material, a patient card on contraception and pregnancy prevention, a dispensary... Read Summary Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Risk Minimisation Material: Evenity (romosozumab) Prescriber Guide Source: electronic Medicines Compendium - eMC (Remove filter) Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 10 March 2020 This guide highlights the potential risks associated with romosozumab use (e.g. myocardial infarction and stroke, hypocalcaemia and osteonecrosis of the jaw) that healthcare professionals should be... Read Summary SPS comment Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Risk Minimisation Material: Mayzent (siponimod) - Prescriber Checklist Source: electronic Medicines Compendium - eMC (Remove filter) Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 20 March 2020 This guide provides information on the most important risks associated with siponimod (e.g. bradycardia, hypertension and deranged LFTs) and the activities required to minimise these risks. Guidance... Read Summary SPS comment Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Risk minimisation material: Caprelsa (vandetanib)- Healthcare professional cover letter Source: electronic Medicines Compendium - eMC (Remove filter) Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 20 March 2011 Letter warns of potential significant adverse effects that healthcare professionals should be aware of, such as QTC prolongation, and sudden death and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. Read Summary SPS comment Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Risk minimisation materials for Medabon Combipack (mifepristone 200 mg tablet and misoprostol 4 x 0.2 mg vaginal tablets) combination therapy for medical abortion Source: electronic Medicines Compendium - eMC (Remove filter) Published by electronic Medicines compendium, 11 January 2021 A delivery guideline discusses screening, prescribing, administering and follow-up, and there is a separate guideline for those who may see women presenting for emergency care following treatment, ... Read Summary SPS comment Type: Medicines Current Awareness (Add filter) Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Provision of mental health care to patients presenting at the emergency department (PDF) Source: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (Remove filter) 22 November 2018 In England, it is estimated that 5% of all hospital emergency department attendances are primarily due to mental ill-health. Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Wrong patient details on blood sample (PDF) Source: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (Remove filter) 23 September 2019 Wrong blood in tube (WBIT) incidents can occur when blood samples are taken from patients and are either miscollected (blood is taken from the wrong patient but labelled with the correct patient... Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)
Add this result to my export selection Inadvertent administration of an oral liquid medicine into a vein (PDF) Source: Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (Remove filter) 08 April 2019 This investigation emphasises that complex and fragmented medicine safety processes are putting patients across the country at risk. Type: Safety Alerts (Remove filter)