“Benadryl Challenge” in Social media: USFDA warns about serious safety concerns associated with diphenhydramine overdose

“Benadryl Challenge” in Social media: USFDA warns about serious safety concerns associated with diphenhydramine overdose

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted health care professionals and general public through recent drug safety communication which concerns about serious risks (heart problems, seizures, coma, and sometimes fatal outcomes) due to allergy medicine-diphenhydramine administration higher than the recommended dosage and overdose occurrences due to ‘Benadryl Challenge’ circulating in Social media- TikTok. Diphenhydramine is

Drug Safety Alerts for Pramipexole & Fluvoxamine from PvPI (Pharmacovigilance Programme of India)

Drug Safety Alerts for Pramipexole & Fluvoxamine from PvPI (Pharmacovigilance Programme of India)

PvPI-Pharmacovigilance Programme for India is a national drug safety monitoring center for India maintained by Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) located at Ghaziabad. PvPI is responsible for Public Pharmacovigilance activities which included collection of safety information, detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of safety concerns associated with medicinal products used by Indian citizens. As part of routine

Drug Safety Alerts from NPRA-Malaysian Health Authority-August 2020

Drug Safety Alerts from NPRA-Malaysian Health Authority

The Malaysian Health Authority-National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), Ministry of Health Malaysia released the following new drug safety alerts for bringing awareness to health care professionals for a better patient safety. Drug Safety Alert 1: Risk of priapism with Propofol Drug Safety Alert 2: Risk of toxic degradations of ingredients of parenteral nutrition (PN) containing

Drug Safety Alerts from Malaysian Health Authority-August 2020

Drug Safety Alerts from Malaysian Health Authority-August 2020

The Malaysian Health Authority-National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), Ministry of Health Malaysia released the following new drug safety alerts for bringing awareness to health care professionals for a better patient safety. Drug Safety Alert 1: Risk of cutaneous amyloidosis with Insulin Drug Safety Alert 2: Risk of uveitis with Topiramate   Drug Safety Alert 1:

Drug Safety Updates from Japan Health Authority-PMDA

Drug Safety Updates from Japan Health Authority-PMDA

The safety profiles of the below listed Iodine containing contrast agents have updated as per the new drug safety updates published by Japan Health Authority–Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA). Iodixanol: Iodixanol comes under the therapeutic category of x-ray contrast media which is a hydrophilic iodinated radiocontrast agent used in diagnostic imaging. This compound is

Drug Safety Alerts from PvPI-Pharmacovigilance System for India

Drug Safety Alerts from PvPI-Pharmacovigilance System for India

PvPI-Pharmacovigilance Programme for India is a national drug safety monitoring center for India maintained by Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) located at Ghaziabad. As part of routine analysis of individual case safety reports (reports of adverse drug event/reactions from a patient) originated from India, PvPI has identified and released two new drug safety alerts for the

Drug Safety Alerts from Malaysian Health Authority-June 2020

Drug Safety Alerts from Malaysian Health Authority (NPRA)-June 2020

The Malaysian Health Authority-National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA), Ministry of Health Malaysia released the following new drug safety alerts during the month of June. Restriction of domperidone use in pediatric patients less than 12 years of age Risk of oculogyric crisis associated with metoclopramide use (a reminder)   Restriction of domperidone use in pediatric patients

Drug Safety Alerts from New Zealand Health Authority

Drug Safety Alerts from New Zealand Health Authority-MedSafe

MedSafe- Health Authority of New Zealand government has released the below drug safety information in their latest issue-June-2020 to update public-(health care professionals & consumers) about the safe use of medicines.   Tramadol use Contradicted in children & elder patients (<75 y) Oral cleft defects associated with ondansetron   Tramadol use Contradicted in children &

Drug Safety Updates from European medicines agency (EMA)-June 2020

European medicines agency has released a new Issue (135-June-2020) for medicine updates. The drug safety updates from this issue were discussed below in brief. Fatal Drug Interactions between fluoropyrimidines and brivudine Risk of breast cancer with hormone replacement therapy Potential medication errors with Leuprorelin depot medicines   Fatal Drug Interactions between fluoropyrimidines and brivudine European

Drug Safety Alert From IPC-PvPI

A new drug safety alert (Hydroxychloroquine-Moth Ulceration) released by the Pharmacovigilance Programme of India (PvPI) from Indian Pharmacopoeia commission (IPC) Mouth Ulceration associated with Hydroxychloroquine use Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial class of drug which is used in the treatment and prevention of acute attacks of malaria. It also used to treat discoid or systemic lupus

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