[AF] WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter No. 5, 2005

[Martín Cañás]

Estimadas y estimados
 
esta disponible el  WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter No. 5, 2005 
 
con el siguiente indice
 
Regulatory Matters
Ibritumomab - Skin reactions warning added to  labels  .................................................. 1
Morphine sulfate  extended release capsules -- Alcohol promotes rapid  release................1
Pemoline -- Withdrawn due to liver toxicity risk  ............................................................ 1
Tamsulosin  hydrochloride -- Risk of Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome  (IFIS)................. 1
 
Safety of Medicines 
Estrogen / progestin weekly patch -- Higher levels  of estrogen than birth-control pills....... 2
Factor VIII (FVIII) recombinant  products -- Risk of inhibitor development in previously
treated patients  ......................................................................................................  ... 2
Liqiang 4 dietary supplement -- Presence of  glyburide...................................................  ..2
Meningococcal vaccine -- Reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome  .........................................2
Menze Qianweishu slimming herbs  capsule -- Found to contain sibutramine .....................3
Methadone --  Cardiac vigilance  recommended................................................................  3
Nimodipine -- Serious events due to IV use of oral  formulations........................................ 3
Oseltamivir -- Safety  update  .........................................................................................  4
 
Problems of Current Interest
Nevirapine and serious liver adverse  reactions: implications for fixed dose combinations..... 5
 
Feature
Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of Representatives of the National  Centres participating
in the WHO Programme for International Drug  Monitoring................................................ 8
 
 
 
se puede obtener en la siguiente direccion 
 
http://www.who.int/entity/medicines/publications/pn2005_5.pdf

 
aprovecho la ocasión para desearles unas felices fiestas y un muy buen 2006  !!
 
Saludos,

 
Martín Cañás
 
Gapurmed (Argentina)
 
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