Drug Safety Update: erythromycin in children
MHRA issues update on known risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.
Regulatory alerts
Drug Safety Update: Systemic and inhaled fluoroquinolones
Small risk of heart valve regurgitation; consider other therapeutic options first in patients at risk.
NICE updates guidelines following a Public Health England evidence review on dependence on, and withdrawal from, prescribed medicines
Updates included in osteoarthritis, peripheral arterial disease, and low back pain and sciatica guidelines.
NICE updates guidelines following MHRA Drug Safety Update on insulins
Updates included in eating disorders, pancreatitis and diabetes guidelines.
