Danish Pharmacovigilance Update, 21 June 2012

In this issue of Danish Pharmacovigilance Update:

• Decrease in the number of intoxications and suicide attempts using drugs containing acetylsalicylic acid or paracetamol (front page)
• Information on adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports in the European ADR database will become generally available (pp 3-5)
• Report of development of irreversible polyneuropathy in patients treated with products containing vincristine (p 5)
• Lamotrigine does not appear to increase the risk of sudden unexpected death in patients with epilepsy (pp 5-6)
• Product information for Pradaxa® will be updated for patients and doctors in order to minimise the risk of bleeding (p 7)
• Use of medicines containing pioglitazone and risk of developing bladder cancer (p 8)
• Childhood vaccinations and adverse reactions in the first quarter of 2012 (pp 9-11)
• New studies on antidepressants (p 12)
• Next issue of Danish Pharmacovigilance Update will be published in August (p 12)