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Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and COVID-19 vaccines

Until January 10th 2023, the Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Centre Lareb received 109 reports of  Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSN...

Side effects of Tea Tree Oil

The World Health Organization (WHO) received 159 reports of complaints associated with the use of  tea tree oil products. Skin complaints such as rash, hypersens...

Themes in the course of Adverse Drug Reactions from a patient perspective

Pharmacovigilance centre Lareb has published a study structuring themes in the course of adverse drug reactions (ADRs...

Allergic reaction after meningococcal vaccination Nimenrix

The meningococcal ACWY vaccine Nimenrix rarely causes an allergic reaction, as reported to Lareb. Acute allergic reactions are often...

Start of the international MedSafetyWeek 2023

Today, the MedSafetyWeek starts. The MedSafetyWeek is an international (social) media campaign focussing on raising awareness of reporting possib...

Results from two vaccine cohort event monitoring studies on Influenza vaccines and COVID-19 vaccines

Pharmacovigilance centre Lareb has published results from two vaccine cohort event monitor...

Hyperkalemia with fatal outcome during (liposomal) amphotericin B treatment

In rare cases, intravenous administration of (liposomal) amphotericin B treatment can cause severe, difficult to tr...

Liver toxicity associated with products containing Ashwagandha

Pharmacovigilance centre Lareb received four reports of liver toxicity in people who used products containing Ashwagandha. These...

COVID-vaccination prior to or during pregnancy is not associated with an increased risk of preterm labor

Moeders van Morgen Lareb (the Dutch Pregnancy Drug Register) demonstrated that COVID-...