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In the May issue of Prescrire International: infection-causing antiseptics, rhabdomyolysis with mirtazapine, and a French study of fatal ADRs

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Antiseptics: sometimes the cause of infection

  • Single-use containers are safer  

Mirtazapine: rhabdomyolysis

  • Reports from the WHO database

Cytotoxic and anticoagulant drugs: too often fatal

  • Anticoagulants, antiplatelet drugs and cancer drugs were the leading causes of drug-related hospital deaths in a study conducted in Bordeaux France.
     

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Prescrire Int 2014; 23 (149): 129. (Pdf, free)

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