News Tagged ‘ISMP’

Chantix plays role in record number of drug reactions

According to The Institute for Safe Medicine Practices (ISMP), the number of drug-related adverse events and deaths reported to the Food and Drug Administration has hit a record level. Numbers pulled from the ’s Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) reveal that Heparin and Chantix are largely to blame for the upward swing.

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Military pharmacy pulls Chantix

According to a report in today’s Stars & Stripes, a daily newspaper published for the U.S. military, Department of Defense (DoD) civilians, contractors and their families, the anti-smoking medication Chantix (varenicline) has been pulled from at least one military pharmacy following reports of serious adverse reactions.

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More than 3,000 side effect reports

According to an article published by Bloomberg news service, a recent review of voluntary adverse event reports associated with Pfizer’s stop-smoking drug Chantix reveals more than 3,000 reports of serious in the U.S. alone. Among problems cited by the nonprofit Institute for Safe Medication Practices, which conducted the study, are , heart trouble and aggression.

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