Objective To determine the proportion and nature of congenital anomalies in babies born to
women exposed to newly marketed drugs during the first trimester. Design Non‐…

Data on side effects of newly launched drugs are limited, 1 highlighting the need for effective
postmarketing surveillance. An inverted black triangle (▾) on product literature identifies …

Purpose: Our aim was to monitor the use of gabapentin (GBP) by patients prescribed this drug
by primary care physicians in England soon after it was marketed in the United Kingdom. …

Newly marketed drugs in the UK are marked with a black triangle, indicating that doctors
should report all adverse drug reactions associated with them to the Committee on Safety of …

: Purpose: To examine the safety of lamotrigine (LTG) used in general practice to treat
epilepsy. Methods: Information was collected on 11,316 patients who were included in a …

Purpose Churg–Strauss syndrome is characterised by hypereosinophilia, systemic vasculitis
and asthma. The cause is usually unknown, but there have been reports of an association …

… LV WILTON, GL PEARCE & RD MANN Drug Safety Research Unit, Southampton, UK … level
of confidence). Experience from early PEM studies showed that it would be informative to ask …

… Lynda V Wilton, senior research fellow, … Competing interests Drs Shakir and Wilton have
received financial support from Pfizer to attend conferences overseas… Articles by Lynda V Wilton …

… could be affecting the calcium level and should be discontinued. A subsequent isotope scan
of the parathyroid gland was normal. The calcium level remained mildly raised at 2.68 mmol/…

… grouped under ‘lower level’ terms, which are in turn grouped under broader ‘higher level’
terms, … Lynda Wilton has no conflicts of interest to declare that are directly relevant to this study. …