Danish Pharmacovigilance Update 27 February 2014
06 March 2014,
Updated 01 April 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)