Pharmacovigilance Archives

10 Top Medication Safety Concerns You Must Know

Drug safety or medication safety is the practice of providing essential information on drug safety and regulations including recognizing, monitoring,…

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Opioid Overdose Deaths Surge Among Older Adults- Study Finds

Last year, provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicated that there were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose…

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Measurement Conversion Charts & Calculator

Accurate measurement is very vital in medication safety because the use of medication remains the most common intervention in health…

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Avoid This Antidepressant When Treating Dementia-Study

A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia is no more effective than a placebo, and might even…

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Clinical Trials Shows Johnson & Johnson HIV Vaccine In-effective

According to a new report, Johnson & Johnson said that its vaccine designed to prevent HIV infection failed in a clinical…

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Is Dava Pharmaceuticals Xanax Discontinued?

Dava pharmaceuticals is a subsidiary of Endo International plc, an American Irish-domiciled generics and specialty branded pharmaceutical company. In 2014,…

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Opioid Conversion to Buprenorphine: Why We Removed It- PPM

Practical Pain Management has revealed why the conversion to and from buprenorphine was removed from its online opioid conversion calculator.…

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FDA Classifies Philips Ventilator Recall as Class 1 (Most Serious)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday classified the recent recall of some of Philips’ (PHG.AS) ventilators as Class 1, or…

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Difference Between Drug Safety And Pharmacovigilance?

Drug safety also known as pharmacovigilance or medication safety involves providing essential information on drug safety and regulations including: recognizing,…