Danish Pharmacovigilance Update 27 February 2014

In this issue of Danish Pharmacovigilance Update:

News from the EU

• Further restrictions on the use of osteoporosis medicine strontium ranelate (Protelos®)

News from the DHMA

• Anticoagulant therapy to be stopped before initiating treatment with the new oral anticoagulants (NOACs)
• The DHMA still watches the consumption of contraceptive pills
• Clozapine (Leponex etc.) and myocarditis
• Remember to enter gadolinium-containing contrast agents in medical records
• Development in the number of melatonin users younger than 25 years from 2007-2013

Short news

• New study on linkage between paracetamol use during pregnancy and ADHD development in children
• Most recent Direct Healthcare Professional Communications (DHPCs)