Causality assessment in pharmacovigilance: the French method and its successive updates

G Miremont-Salamé, H Théophile, F Haramburu… - Therapies, 2016 - Elsevier
The methods for causality assessment of adverse drug reactions were developed in the
1970s and 1980s, alongside the development of pharmacovigilance. The French method is …

Adverse drug reactions to gabapentin and pregabalin: a review of the French pharmacovigilance database

R Fuzier, I Serres, E Guitton, M Lapeyre-Mestre… - Drug safety, 2013 - Springer
Background Gabapentin and pregabalin are widely used as antineuropathic pain drugs.
Their use is also associated with the development of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), mainly …

Severe drug‐induced anaphylaxis: analysis of 333 cases recorded by the A llergy V igilance N etwork from 2002 to 2010

JM Renaudin, E Beaudouin, C Ponvert, P Demoly… - Allergy, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background A few series of well‐documented cases of severe drug‐induced anaphylaxis
(SDA) are available. Methods Cases collected by the A llergy V igilance N etwork from 2002 …

Serotonin syndrome: analysis of cases registered in the French pharmacovigilance database

D Abadie, V Rousseau, S Logerot, J Cottin… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background More information would be required for a better understanding of the actual
circumstances of serotonin syndrome (SS) occurrence in routine clinical practice. Aim The …

Real-world safety of PCSK9 inhibitors: A pharmacovigilance study based on spontaneous reports in FAERS

Z Feng, X Li, WK Tong, Q He, X Zhu, X Xiang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective: We aimed to evaluate alirocumab-and evolocumab-related adverse events (AEs)
in real-world compared with all other drugs, overall and by gender and age subgroups; we …

Erythema multiforme, Stevens–Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis

SM Breathnach - Rook's textbook of dermatology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Clinically, erythema multiforme involves macular, papular or urticarial lesions, as well as the
classical iris or 'target lesions', distributed preferentially on the distal extremities. Lesions …

Drug-induced myoclonus: a French pharmacovigilance database study

C Brefel-Courbon, V Gardette, F Ory… - Neurophysiologie …, 2006 - Elsevier
Various drugs have been reported to induce myoclonus. However, this adverse event is not
well known because of the difficult diagnosis and the lack of pharmaco-epidemiological or …

Influence of age, sex and seriousness on reporting of adverse drug reactions in Sweden

L Holm, E Ekman… - … and drug safety, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate how reporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) among adults in
Sweden is associated to age and sex, in addition to seriousness of the reaction and drug …

Severe necrotizing soft‐tissue infections and nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs

C Souyri, P Olivier, S Grolleau… - Clinical and …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background. Severe necrotizing soft‐tissue infection (NSTI) is a rare but potentially life‐
threatening condition if not recognized and treated early. The use of nonsteroidal anti …

Developing an adverse drug reaction reporting system at a teaching hospital

S Baniasadi, F Fahimi, G Shalviri - Basic & clinical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a frequent cause for hospitalization and occur often in
hospitalized patients. The objective of this study was to establish an ADR reporting and …