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n°172

June 2016

Issue Contents
Editorial

Free  The drug pricing racket

p.144
Anticancer drugs are a case in point

Marketing Authorisations


Empagliflozin (Jardiance°)

p.145-148
Type 2 diabetes: no rush to use this drug

Apremilast (Otezla°)

p.149-151
No progress in plaque psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis

Efavirenz in children

p.152
Minimal evaluation

INN Common stem: -astine

p.152

Adverse Effects


Free  Sympathomimetic decongestants during pregnancy: risks for the unborn child

p.153
Another reason not to use these drugs

Azithromycin: pyloric stenosis in neonates

p.154
A macrolide effect

Sofosbuvir: bradycardia

p.154
Even in the absence of any interacting drugs

Bisphosphonates: osteonecrosis of the external auditory canal

p.154
Potentially incapacitating

Reviews


Oral mucositis associated with cancer therapy

p.155-156
Guide to first-choice treatments

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: do not routinely vaccinate adults aged 65 years and older

p.157-158
No reduction in mortality or incidence of pneumonia

Pulmonary embolism and thrombolysis

p.158
Uncertain benefits: more trials are needed

Outlook


Free  Drug packaging in 2015: risky industry choices and lax regulation

p.159-163

Free  Patient leaflet for Harvoni° (sofosbuvir + ledipasvir): almost no information on adverse effects

p.162

Free  Andrew Herxheimer: medicine for the people

p.164

Free  Andrew Herxheimer: his life's work, to be continued

p.165

Free  Facts and figures

p.166-167
The finances of Association Mieux Prescrire: 2015 Prescrire annual report

Masthead


Free  Masthead

p.142

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