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Healthcare professionals prescribing montelukast should be alert to the risk of neuropsychiatric reactions in all patients including children and adolescents. Reported neuropsychiatric reactions include sleep disorders, hallucinations, anxiety and depression, as well as changes in behaviour and mood. Healthcare professionals...
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Urgent safety updates arising from pharmacovigilance data, including reported adverse events, for veterinary medicines authorised in the UK.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Directory of current ICH Guidelines which have been implemented by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
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Safety leaflet on topical corticosteroids and withdrawal reactions to help patients and their carers to use these medicines safely.
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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
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