Bovine gangliosides and acute motor polyneuropathy.

The effects of histamine on the isolated mouse uterus

1. A study is made of the contractile and relaxant effects, and mechanism of action, of histamine on isolated uterus from mice treated with diethylstilboestrol, employing acetylcholine and adrenaline as contractile and relaxant standard agents. 2. Concentration-response curves for histamine agonists were obtained in the absence and presence of selective histaminergic blocking drugs (clemizole, ranitidine and thioperamide) and indomethacin. A number of experiments were carried out in uterus from reserpinised mice. Concentration-response curves for acetylcholine and adrenaline were also obtained in the absence and presence of their selective antagonist (atropine and propranolol). 3. In isolat…

Are the Adverse Drug Reactions of Amoxycillin and Amoxycillin-Clavulanic Acid Similar?

UNLABELLED In an attempt to assess the relative toxicity of amoxycillin and amoxycillin-clavulanic acid, we compared the adverse drug reactions reports collected using the spontaneous reporting system of a Regional Drug Surveillance Centre of Spain for both drugs between November 1986 and December 1992. During the 7-year period 1986-92, the 247 reports of amoxycillin-clavulanic acid represent twice the number of reports of amoxycillin alone, and the number of reports related with sales received concerning the association were higher than those concerning amoxycillin alone. The adverse effects classified as severe were quantitatively and qualitatively similar for both drugs and gastrointesti…

Adverse drug reactions in children reported by means of the yellow card in Spain.

Abstract Objective: To analyze the case reports concerning children (14 years or younger) in the Spanish Pharmacovigilance System over a 10-year period (1982–1991). Findings: The study of 1419 reports of adverse drug reaction (9.8% of all those received) showed the most commonly involved organs and systems to be the skin, digestive tract, and nervous system (62.8%). The most commonly involved pharmacological groups were antibiotics, respiratory medications, and vaccines (69%). The absolute number of reports is higher in children between 1 and 4 years of age (37.9%). There were more reports among males than in females. Less than 5% of the reports notified directly life-threatening or fatal r…