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A patient alert card is being introduced for men taking finasteride to help raise awareness of the risk of psychiatric side effects and sexual dysfunction, including the potential for sexual dysfunction to persist after treatment has stopped. Healthcare professionals are...
From next month women in England can get their contraceptive pills without contacting their GP first.
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Exeltis UK Limited has informed the MHRA regarding an inconsistency in the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) packaged in cartons of the specified batches of Gepretix 100mg capsules.
We want to remind healthcare professionals that use of systemic (oral and injectable) NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, naproxen, and diclofenac is contraindicated in the last trimester of pregnancy (after 28 weeks of pregnancy).
Monthly PDF editions of the Drug Safety Update newsletter from MHRA and its independent advisor, the Commission on Human Medicines
Strandhaven Limited T/A Somex Pharma has informed the MHRA that the pack size on some cartons of the batch in this notification state 8 tablets instead of 4 tablets.
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Torrent Pharma (UK) Limited is recalling certain batches of Ramipril 1.25mg tablets as a precautionary measure due to these batches having a low assay and high related substances test results after their release to the market.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding people how to minimise the risk of Shigella, a sexually transmitted infection with growing antibiotic resistance.
Following advice from the Commission on Human Medicines, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reclassified Cialis Together so that it can now be made available for purchase over the counter, without a prescription.
Progestogen-only contraceptive pills will be available for the first time from pharmacies without prescription, increasing choice for women in the ways in which they can access contraception.
Around 3.5 million unlicensed erection pills worth more than £10 million were seized in the UK in 2019 according to new figures released today by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
Three new cases of antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacteria which causes gonorrhoea, have been confirmed in England.
A 29 year old man was sentenced to prison for selling counterfeit and prescription-only medicines.
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