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In the January issue of Prescrire International: Strontium still authorised despite an unfavourable opinion of the European pharmacovigilance committee

FREE DOWNLOAD Strontium ranelate (Protelos° - Servier), a drug authorised in the European Union for severe osteoporosis, has at best only modest efficacy in secondary prevention of vertebral fractures. In stark contrast, it carries a risk of disproportionate adverse effects.
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Summary

  • In 2014 the indications of strontium ranelate were further restricted in the European Union.
     
  • The French pharmacoeconomic committee has finally judged strontium ranelate to have “insufficient medical benefit”.
     
  • In practice, it is best to follow the advice of the European Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC): this drug should have been discarded. long ago.
     

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"Strontium still authorised despite an unfavourable opinion of the European pharmacovigilance committee" Prescrire Int 2014; 24 (156): 15. (Pdf, free)

 
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