Drug Safety Alerts – January

  • Warfarin and other Anticoagulants: Monitoring of Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Methotrexate Once Weekly for Autoimmune Diseases: New Measures to Reduce Risk of Fatal Overdose due to Inadvertent Daily Instead of Weekly Dosing
  • Nivolumab (Genetical Recombination): Revision of Precautions
  • Tecentriq (Atezolizumab): A New Identified Risk of Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions
  • Montelukast: Increased Risk of Neuropsychiatric Events
  • Systemic and Inhaled Fluoroquinolones: Risk of Heart Valve Regurgitation/Incompetence
  • Transdermal Fentanyl Patches for Non-cancer Pain: Do Not Use in Opioid-naive Patients
  • Flucytosine: New Contraindication in Patients with DPD Deficiency
  • Injection Heparin related Gastric Bleeding


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