Role of viral infections in the induction of adverse drug reactions.

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：:Antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis is an uncommon but potentially serious adverse reaction, resulting in acute diarrhoea and characterised by colonic pseudomembranes. A direct relationship between the disease, recent antibiotic therapy and proliferation of Clostridium difficile in the colonic lumen was est...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Andréjak M,Schmit JL,Tondriaux A

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decade has seen an increase in the trend of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) usage in the Western world, which does not come as a surprise noting that the latest American Heart Association heart and stroke statistics indicate an alarming prevalence of 80  million Americans (one in three) with one or more ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Maggo SD,Kennedy MA,Clark DW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemistry of vitamin K metabolism and the role of vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylation of the vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors are now well understood. Likewise, there is a clear understanding of the role of oral anticoagulants in the inhibition of these coagulation factors. However, the effect of ora...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Pineo GF,Hull RD

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over-the-counter analgesics (OTCAs), principally paracetamol (acetaminophen)-containing compounds and NSAIDs, are commonly used medications. Guidelines for the use of these agents in patients with chronic liver disease (CLD) are not available, despite the possibility that such patients may be more susceptibl...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Rossi S,Assis DN,Awsare M,Brunner M,Skole K,Rai J,Andrel J,Herrine SK,Reddy RK,Navarro VJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Although heart failure is predominantly caused by cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and valvular heart disease, it can also be an adverse reaction induced by drug therapy. In addition, some drugs have the propensity to adversely affect haemodynamic mechanisms in patients with an al...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Slørdal L,Spigset O

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prevalence of polymorphisms among the metabolising enzymes and pharmacodynamic receptors relevant for the thiazolidinediones differs by ethnic group, a factor that may modify risk of adverse drug events. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine if the risk of oedema or heart failure associated ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Roughead EE,Chan EW,Choi NK,Kimura M,Kimura T,Kubota K,Lai EC,Man KK,Nguyen TA,Ooba N,Park BJ,Sato T,Shin JY,Wang T,Griffiths J,Wong IC,Yang YH,Pratt NL

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia has been reported as an adverse reaction of numerous drugs. Vancomycin is often overlooked as a culprit but has been associated with several cases of thrombocytopenia that were not well described in the literature. A literature search was conducted to find reports of thrombocytopenia induced by vancom...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Mohammadi M,Jahangard-Rafsanjani Z,Sarayani A,Hadjibabaei M,Taghizadeh-Ghehi M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communications about the safety and effectiveness of human drugs can influence patients' and prescribers' perceptions and behaviors, which in turn can affect the public's health more broadly. We conducted a critical review of the literature on the unintended effects from communicating information to the public about s...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： DeFrank JT,McCormack L,West SL,Lefebvre C,Burrus O

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complex interactions exist amongst the various components of the neuroendocrine system in order to maintain homeostasis, energy balance and reproductive function. These components include the hypothalamus-pituitary- adrenal and -gonadal axes, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, the sympathetic nervous system and...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Ma RC,Kong AP,Chan N,Tong PC,Chan JC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Romiplostim is a subcutaneously administered thrombopoietin-receptor agonist approved in the European Union for self-administration (or administration by a caregiver) in selected adult patients with chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia refractory to other treatments. To mitigate the risk of medication e...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Schipperus M,Kaiafa G,Taylor L,Wetten S,Kreuzbauer G,Boshier A,Seesaghur A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug safety is not a matter for healthcare professionals alone. Patients are also involved, at three different levels: (i) in the behaviours patients adopt to reduce the adverse effects of the drugs; (ii) in regard to what some doctors say to their patients about drug risks; and (iii) in what the pharmaceutical indust...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Fainzang S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytoestrogens, plant chemicals classified as isoflavones, coumestans and lignans, display estrogen-like activity because of their structural similarity to human estrogens and exhibit high affinity binding for the estrogen receptor beta. They are common components of food items such as grains, beans, fruits and nuts. ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Sirtori CR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This 'Erice Call for Change' is a report from a group of experts, patients and patient representatives who met in Erice in September 2019 following previous similar meetings after the original Erice Declaration (1996). The aim of the meeting was to discuss the challenge of causal complexity and individual variation in...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Rocca E,Anjum RL

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Evaluation of risk minimization (RM) actions is an emerging area of regulatory science, often without tools to rapidly and systematically assess their effectiveness. PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether chronographs, typically used for rapid signal detection in observational longitudinal ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Sobel RE,Blackwell W,Fram DM,Bate A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Difficulty sleeping is a recognised tobacco withdrawal symptom, but sleep problems, like application site reactions, are commonly reported as adverse reactions to transdermal nicotine therapy. However, no studies have examined potential predictive factors associated with the occurrence of expected adverse ex...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Gourlay SG,Forbes A,Marriner T,McNeil JJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review is to assess the benefits and risks associated with the use of the ketolide antibacterial telithromycin, currently licensed for the treatment of adults with mild to moderate community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Telithromycin is active against both the major (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophi...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Brown SD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no head-to-head randomized controlled trials comparing different direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs). Thus, we systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed observational studies assessing the comparative effectiveness and safety of DOACs for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). ...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Douros A,Durand M,Doyle CM,Yoon S,Reynier P,Filion KB

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacovigilance science has traditionally been a discipline focussed on the postmarketing or post-authorisation period, with due attention directed towards pre-clinical safety data, clinical trials and adverse events. As the biological sciences have evolved, pharmacovigilance has slowly shifted toward earlier, proac...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Hartford CG,Petchel KS,Mickail H,Perez-Gutthann S,McHale M,Grana JM,Marquez P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the variety and range of pharmaceutical agents available to the medical profession continues to expand, one unavoidable effect will be an increase in drug-induced disease, including cardiovascular disorders. However, given the high rates of cardiovascular disease and prevalence of recognised cardiovascular risk fac...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Murphy CA,Dargie HJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thorough QT studies are typically conducted for drugs with systemic bioavailability and include a positive control, typically moxifloxacin, with a well-described QTc effect. OBJECTIVE:This study tested two hypotheses: that (i) re-measuring the QT intervals based on electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern similarity...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Johannesen L,Garnett C,Malik M

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Pioglitazone is an antidiabetic drug that belongs to the thiazolidinedione (TZD) class of insulin-sensitizing agents. Adverse events to pioglitazone of potential severity are listed in the 'special warnings and special precautions for use' section of the pioglitazone summary of product characteristics (SPC),...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Fogg C,Kasliwal R,Shakir SA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blinatumomab is the first-and-only Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved cluster of differentiation (CD) 19-directed CD3 bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE®) immunotherapy. It is currently FDA approved for the treatment of adults and children with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph+) and Philadelphia chromosome-n...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Stein A,Franklin JL,Chia VM,Arrindell D,Kormany W,Wright J,Parson M,Amouzadeh HR,Choudhry J,Joseph G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) cause considerable mortality and morbidity but no recent reviews are currently available for the European region. Therefore, we performed a review of all epidemiological studies quantifying ADRs in a European setting that were published between 1 January 2000 and 3 September 2014. Include...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Bouvy JC,De Bruin ML,Koopmanschap MA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Researchers using observational data to understand drug effects must make a number of analytic design choices that suit the characteristics of the data and the subject of the study. Review of the published literature suggests that there is a lack of consistency even when addressing the same research question...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Stang PE,Ryan PB,Overhage JM,Schuemie MJ,Hartzema AG,Welebob E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zopiclone is a cyclopyrrolone hypnosedative that is chemically unrelated to the benzodiazepines but nevertheless potentiates gamma-aminobutyric acid-mediated neuronal inhibition, and has demonstrated proven efficacy and good tolerability in the treatment of insomnia over 15 years of use. Zopiclone is indicated for sho...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Hajak G

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Valbenazine is a novel vesicular monoamine transporter 2 inhibitor approved for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia in adults. OBJECTIVE:Using data from double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, analyses were conducted to evaluate the cardiovascular effects of once-daily valbenazine in patients with a psyc...

journal_title：Drug safety

authors： Thai-Cuarto D,O'Brien CF,Jimenez R,Liang GS,Burke J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00