THE European Medicines Agency
(EMA) is reviewing medicines
containing hydroxyzine, approved
for uses including anxiety disorders
and as premedication for surgery.
The Hungarian medicines agency
requested the review over concerns
about the side effects of these
medicines on the heart, with
data from pharmacovigilance and
studies found a potential increased
risk of alterations of the heart’s
electrical activity and arrhythmias.
The Therapeutic Goods
Administration said hydroxyzine
was on the Australian Register of
Therapeutic Goods as an export
only medicine, but it was aware
of the review and would keep a
watching brief on its outcomes.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 12 May 14 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 12 May 14
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