Welcome to Patient Focus.
In this page we aim to identify areas of research which you, the general public, may find to be of interest:

A User's Guide to the Safety of Medicines

This is a short introduction to the safety of medicines which is written in lay language and intended for patients who are concerned about potential side-effects of medicines. The authors are Dr. Patrick Waller and Professor Sir Michael Rawlins. The guide attempts to provide general answers to the following questions:

Prescription Event Monitoring - Frequenly Asked Questions


Ventolin Evohaler study

A summary of the Ventolin Evohaler study written in lay language for interested patients.

Antibiotics and vaginal thrush

Summary of a study examining the risk of developing thrush while taking antibiotics.

Cardiac arrhythmias associated with cisapride

Prescription-event monitoring of alendronate

The pharmacovigilance of pantoprazole

The pharmacovigilance of mirtazapine

Evaluation of the safety of bupropion (Zyban)

Evaluation of the safety of sildenafil (Viagra)

Under-reporting of adverse drug reactions

Exclusion of patients from "observational" drug safety studies

An Assessment of the Publicly Disseminated Evidence of Safety Used in Decisions to
Withdraw Medicines from the UK and US Markets

Eye Events in Patients Receiving Risedronate

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