Risk-Benefit Profile of Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants in Established Therapeutic Indications: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Observational Studies.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tumour necrosis factor-alpha inhibitor infliximab is incorporated in the treatment guidelines for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, concerns about serious adverse events such as infections, malignancies and death do exist. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the occurrence of serious events of ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： de Vries HS,van Oijen MG,de Jong DJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Electronic healthcare databases (EHDs) are used increasingly for post-marketing drug safety surveillance and pharmacoepidemiology in Europe and North America. However, few studies have examined the potential of these data sources in China. METHODS:Three major types of EHDs in China (i.e., a regional commu...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Yang Y,Zhou X,Gao S,Lin H,Xie Y,Feng Y,Huang K,Zhan S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous adverse drug reactions are a frequent occurrence and have been reported in more than 2% of hospitalised patients. Among the most commonly involved drugs are sulphonamides, penicillins, anticonvulsants and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Two groups of mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis of drug...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Raviglione MC,Pablos-Mendez A,Battan R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipodystrophy complications, including lipoatrophy (pathological fat loss) and metabolic complications, have emerged as important long-term toxicities associated with antiretroviral therapy in the current era. The wealth of data that has accumulated over the past 6 years has now clarified the contribution of specific ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Nolan D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of affluent countries are moving to eliminate thiomersal (thimerosal), an ethylmercury preservative, from vaccines as a precautionary measure because of concerns about the potential adverse effects of mercury in infants. The WHO advocates continued use of thiomersal-containing vaccines in developing countries...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Bigham M,Copes R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current key challenges and controversies encountered in the identification of potentially hepatotoxic drugs and the assessment of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) are covered in this article. There is substantial debate over the classification of DILI itself, including the definition and validity of terms such as 'int...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Corsini A,Ganey P,Ju C,Kaplowitz N,Pessayre D,Roth R,Watkins PB,Albassam M,Liu B,Stancic S,Suter L,Bortolini M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines are now commonly used in the treatment of many conditions, especially cancer, haematological malignancies and chronic viral hepatitis. With some of these cytokines, clinical induction and/or exacerbation of autoimmune manifestations have been observed. This has been the case with interferon-alpha and interfe...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Miossec P

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinolones are a class of antibacterial agents for the treatment of several infectious diseases (e.g. urinary and respiratory tract infections). They are used worldwide due to their broad spectrum of activity, high bioavailability and good safety profile. The safety profile varies from quinolone to quinolone. The aim ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Tomé AM,Filipe A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the frequency of adverse effects associated with the use of the transdermal nicotine patch, we abstracted and analysed data from 47 reports of 35 clinical trials. The meta-analysis presented here represents a synthesis of data from 41 groups of nicotine patch recipients totalling 5501 patients, and 33 grou...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Greenland S,Satterfield MH,Lanes SF

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) cause deterioration in respiratory function in approximately 10% of adults with asthma and a smaller proportion of children with asthma. We propose evidence-based guidelines for the safe use of NSAIDs in individuals with asthma foll...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Levy S,Volans G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are 2 isoenzymes of cyclo-oxygenase (COX). There is a constitutive enzyme COX-1 which has a wide tissue distribution. In addition there is an inducible enzyme COX-2 which has a restricted tissue distribution. The inducible enzyme COX-2 is responsible for the generation of prostaglandins at sites of tissue inflam...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Richardson C,Emery P

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The epidemiology of naturally occurring intussusception is known to increase significantly between the ages of 3 and 8 months. Post-licensure studies have reported a fivefold and twofold increase in intussusception in the first week after the first dose and second dose, respectively, of current rotavirus v...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Yung CF,Chong CY,Thoon KC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening large databases of spontaneous case reports of possible adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is an established method of identifying hitherto unknown adverse effects of medicinal products; however, there is a lack of consensus concerning the value of formal statistical screening procedures in guiding such...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Alvarez Y,Hidalgo A,Maignen F,Slattery J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The availability of large-scale observational healthcare data allows for the active monitoring of safety of drugs, but research is needed to determine which statistical methods are best suited for this task. Recently, the Longitudinal Gamma Poisson Shrinker (LGPS) and Longitudinal Evaluation of Observational...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Schuemie MJ,Madigan D,Ryan PB

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has dramatically increased the lifespan of HIV patients but treatment is complicated by numerous adverse effects and toxicities. ART complications include neuropsychiatric, metabolic, gastrointestinal, cardiac, and numerous other toxicities, and clinicians often have to ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Treisman GJ,Soudry O

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinician prescribing beta-blockers for his or her patients is faced with an often difficult situation. There are many beta-blockers, each with its own pharmacological profile. Patients are often taking multiple medications, thus increasing the risk of both anticipated and unexpected drug interactions. Reports of ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Blaufarb I,Pfeifer TM,Frishman WH

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monobactams and carbapenems are 2 classes of beta-lactam antibiotics that were introduced in the 1980s. This review considers the monobactam aztreonam and the carbapenems imipenem and meropenem. Imipenem is administered together with cilastatin, which inhibits the enzymatic breakdown of imipenem in the kidney. The ant...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Alván G,Nord CE

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is an age-old problem; more so since the blooming of ambulatory or day surgery centres within the last 2 decades. The aetiology of PONV is multifactorial. The incidence of PONV is usually higher in women and children than in men. PONV not only causes patient discomfort, anxiety...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Sung YF

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An often key component to coordinating surveillance activities across distributed networks is the design and implementation of a common data model (CDM). The purpose of this study was to evaluate two drug safety surveillance CDMs from an ecosystem perspective to better understand how differences in CDMs an...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Xu Y,Zhou X,Suehs BT,Hartzema AG,Kahn MG,Moride Y,Sauer BC,Liu Q,Moll K,Pasquale MK,Nair VP,Bate A

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medication-related adverse events (MRAEs) form a large proportion of all adverse events in hospitalized patients and are associated with considerable preventable harm. Detailed information on harm related to drugs administered during hospitalization is scarce. Knowledge of the nature and preventability of MR...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Hoonhout LH,de Bruijne MC,Wagner C,Asscheman H,van der Wal G,van Tulder MW

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) can cause serious health problems, as shown in studies about drug-related hospitalizations. To build knowledge of and raise awareness about ADRs among healthcare professionals, more education in the field of ADRs and pharmacovigilance (PV) is needed. No standard exists for teaching PV at ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： van Eekeren R,Rolfes L,Koster AS,Magro L,Parthasarathi G,Al Ramimmy H,Schutte T,Tanaka D,van Puijenbroek E,Härmark L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Causality in pharmacovigilance is a difficult and time consuming exercise. This paper presents the challenges in determining causation by drug therapy. The first is that causation is complex and needs to be viewed from the context of the patient treated, rather than the drug product. Multiple causal vectors should be ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Ralph Edwards I

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Controversy exists about an association between angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs), angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs), and thiazides (TZs) and the risk of malignant melanoma (MM), and non-melanoma skin cancer-basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). OBJECTIVE:The aim ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Nardone B,Majewski S,Kim AS,Kiguradze T,Martinez-Escala EM,Friedland R,Amin A,Laumann AE,Edwards BJ,Rademaker AW,Martini MC,West DP

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women who discover they are pregnant after exposure to a drug and pregnant women who have a condition that requires continued treatment during pregnancy are told to balance the benefits and risks of the exposure to justify continuation of treatment, discontinuation of treatment or, possibly, pregnancy termination. How...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Shields KE,Wiholm BE,Hostelley LS,Striano LF,Arena SR,Sharrar RG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiplatelet therapy is universally recommended for the prevention of recurrent events in patients with noncardioembolic ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA), acute and chronic coronary artery disease, or peripheral arterial disease. However, choosing which antiplatelet agents to use in these situation...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Ruland S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several efforts are under way to develop and test methods for prospective drug safety monitoring using large, electronic claims databases. Prospective monitoring systems must incorporate signalling algorithms and techniques to mitigate confounding in order to minimize false positive and false negative signal...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Wahl PM,Gagne JJ,Wasser TE,Eisenberg DF,Rodgers JK,Daniel GW,Wilson M,Schneeweiss S,Rassen JA,Patrick AR,Avorn J,Bohn RL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaemia is common in patients with haematological malignancy, occurring in the majority of patients with malignant disease who are treated with chemotherapy. Most patients will have their anaemia attributed to the cytokine-mediated anaemia of chronic disease. Many of these patients with anaemia will be symptomatic wit...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Littlewood TJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Rosuvastatin is a lipid-lowering drug, the newest of a class of drugs called HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, or 'statins', launched in the UK in March 2003. Our objective was to monitor the post-marketing safety of this drug, prescribed in primary care in England, using prescription-event monitor...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Kasliwal R,Wilton LV,Cornelius V,Aurich-Barrera B,Shakir SA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absolute and functional iron deficiency is the most common cause of epoetin (recombinant human erythropoietin) hyporesponsiveness in renal failure patients. Diagnostic procedures for determining iron deficiency include measurement of serum iron levels, serum ferritin levels, saturation of transferrin and percentage of...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Sunder-Plassmann G,Hörl WH

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular treatment with both long- and short-acting beta 2-agonists results in tolerance to their bronchoprotective effects, although the relevance of this phenomenon in terms of long term asthma control remains unclear. However, there appears to be no appreciable difference between the 2 long-active beta 2-agonists, s...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Lipworth BJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00