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Drug Withdrawal Due to Safety: A Review of the Data Supporting Withdrawal Decision

dc.contributor.authorCraveiro, Nuno Sales
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Bruno Silva
dc.contributor.authorTomás, Lara
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Sofia Fraga
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-18T18:51:00Z
dc.date.available2022-06-18T18:51:00Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Several drugs were withdrawn from the market due to safety. Objective: The aim of this study was to describe data supporting drug withdrawal from the market due to safety reasons in countries belonging to the World Health Organization. Methods: We analyzed drugs withdrawn from the market between 1990 and 2010. All medicine agencies of the countries belonging to the Program for International Drug Monitoring of the World Health Organization were contacted. To complete data, Medline, reference books and available drug databases were also searched. Information sources on which authorities based their withdrawal were categorized and the average time between the first date of exposure and withdrawal was calculated and stratified. Results: A total of 133 drugs that met the inclusion/exclusion criteria were withdrawn from the market due to safety reasons in the period reviewed (1990 - 2010). Hepatotoxicity (n=36, 27.1%), cardiac disorders (n=25, 18.8%), hypersensitivity (n=17, 12.8%) and nephrotoxicity (n=14, 9.8%) were the major reasons responsible for 69.2% of all drugs withdrawn. In most cases, Information Sources for drug withdrawal were spontaneous reports and/or case reports (n=86, 64.7%), followed by clinical trials (n=24, 18.0%). The average time between the introduction of a drug and its withdrawal due to safety reasons was 20.3 years (SD±13.8). Conclusion: According to available and published evidence, there is no gold standard to identify risks associated with drug exposure. These findings strengthen the role of different information sources within the drug safety review process.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationCraveiro NS, Lopes BS, Tomás L, Almeida SF. Drug Withdrawal Due to Safety: A Review of the Data Supporting Withdrawal Decision. Curr Drug Saf. 2020;15(1):4-12. doi:10.2174/1574886314666191004092520pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.2174/1574886314666191004092520pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1574-8863
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/41110
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherBentham Science Publisherspt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.eurekaselect.com/article/101171pt_PT
dc.subjectHepatotoxicitypt_PT
dc.subjectnephrotoxicitypt_PT
dc.subjectprogram for international drug monitoringpt_PT
dc.subjectclinical trialspt_PT
dc.subjectobservational studiespt_PT
dc.subjectlaboratory studiespt_PT
dc.titleDrug Withdrawal Due to Safety: A Review of the Data Supporting Withdrawal Decisionpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage12pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage4pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleCurrent Drug Safetypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume15pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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