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Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 20 May 2024.
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...
Find out about the long-term effects some people can have after having COVID-19.
Safety leaflet on topical corticosteroids and withdrawal reactions to help patients and their carers to use these medicines safely.
The MHRA will introduce a patient alert card to increase awareness among men taking finasteride about potential psychiatric and sexual side effects
The review of the safety of isotretinoin has concluded.
Information on how to report a serious undesirable effect (SUE) or safeguarding issue for cosmetic products.
Check what side effects people have reported when they've taken a medicine.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
Safety leaflet on opioid medicines to help patients and their families reduce the risks of harm.
Details of the Yellow Card scheme, which is the system for recording adverse incidents with medicines and medical devices in the UK.
Whether you’re a patient, healthcare professional or carer, this year’s #MedSafetyWeek campaign is calling on you to help improve the safety of medical products by reporting any suspected side effects and adverse incidents to the MHRA Yellow Card scheme.
Healthcare professionals prescribing fluoroquinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, delafloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, ofloxacin) are reminded to be alert to the risk of disabling and potentially long-lasting or irreversible side effects. Do not prescribe fluoroquinolones for non-severe or self-limiting infections, or for mild to...
Information for patients, healthcare professionals and developers of new medicines
Check what you need to do to sell cosmetic products in Great Britain.
Further measures to be introduced to ensure patients who are prescribed montelukast for the treatment of asthma are informed of the risk of neuropsychiatric reactions
This guide explains how impacts on noise should be incorporated into a cost benefit analysis.
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