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The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) wishes to alert healthcare professionals about the risk of serious heart problems, seizures, coma and death associated with the use of high doses of diphenhydramine-containing medicines. An online challenge known as “the Benadryl Challenge” has recently been...

Pharmacare, in consultation with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) would like to warn healthcare professionals about an increase of adverse events/side effects associated with the introduction of Eltroxin New Formulation® and a call for therapeutic drug monitoring in patients using or switched...

In collaboration with the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), the below listed companies would like to inform you of an increased risk of subclinical acute nephritis associated with the use of PPIs leading to chronic renal inflammation and reduced renal function....

Novartis as directed by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) would like to inform you about the increased incidence of intraocular inflammation (IOI) and related adverse events including retinal vasculitis (RV) and retinal vascular occlusion (RO) associated with (brolucizumab) when administered at 4...

Janssen Pharmaceutica (Pty) Ltd, as directed by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) would like to inform you about new safety information that has resulted in contraindication of the COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen in individuals with a history of Capillary Leak Syndrome (CLS). ...