Month: September 2019
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19. Causality Assessment
Causality assessment is the assessment of relationship between a treatment drug and the occurrence of an adverse event. It is also used to evaluate and to check that the particular treatment is the cause of an observed adverse event or not and also to understand how close is the relationship between treatment drug and event.…
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Drug Labelling error lead to ‘werewolf syndrome’ in children
Drug Labelling error from a pharmaceutical company Farma-Química Sur caused at least 20 babies to develop ‘werewolf syndrome’ and sprout hair all over their bodies in Spain. The company accidentally sold minoxidil which is most commonly used to treat alopecia as omeprazole a drug used to treat heartburn and acid reflux. What is drug labelling…