Autoimmune Drugs' Safety Network

09/24/2020

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Join us for the 12th International Congress on Autoimmunity 2021, which will take place in the beautiful city of Athens, Greece on 28 May - 1 June 2021

07/01/2020

Happy Canada 🇨🇦 Day

03/17/2019

Clinical trial finds an increased risk of blood clots in the lungs and of death in rheumatoid arthritis patients taking high dose of tofacitinib (sold as Xeljanz or Xeljanz XR)
http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2019/69336a-eng.php?fbclid=IwAR3nAE4yIL-shtjo9rmuHHc7uTY4GRJOj_SIYH4GlAza738gXRu3bFFoXRU

OTTAWA – Health Canada is conducting a safety review after issues were discovered during a clinical trial involving rheumatoid arthritis patients being treated with the drug tofacitinib (sold in Canada under the brand names Xeljanz and Xeljanz XR).

03/09/2019

http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2019/69272a-eng.php

OTTAWA – Health Canada is advising Canadians that multiple lots of Losartan-containing drugs are being voluntarily recalled by Teva Canada, Apotex Inc., Pharmascience Inc., and Pro Doc Limitée because of the potential for a nitrosamine impurity, N-Nitroso-N-methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA).

03/12/2018

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/893799?src=iphone&ref=email

A serious worldwide threat could erupt from an as-yet-unknown pathogen, the WHO warns. Prioritizing 'X' on the annual blueprint is meant to encourage more crosscutting research and development.

04/04/2017

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ich-regional-consultation-tickets-30473484011?aff=efbnreg

The Food and Drug Administration is announcing a regional public consulation entitled "U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada Joint Regional Consultation on International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH)." The meeting will be he...

03/16/2017

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01/25/2017

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.40017/full

Objective: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of malignant lymphomas with a strong correlation with RA disease severity. Given the changes in RA therapy over recent decades,...

01/23/2017

http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2017/61900a-eng.php

Canadian and international cases of disabling and persistent serious adverse reactions including tendinopathy, peripheral neuropathy, and central nervous system disorders have been reported in patients treated with oral and injectable fluoroquinolones.

01/17/2017

The Gut-gut Axis: Cohabitation of Celiac, Crohn’s Disease and IgA Deficiency":http://pubs.sciepub.com/articleinpress/ijcd/ijcd-4-2-1.pdf

11/28/2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/vaccines-dont-cause-autoimmune-diseases-in-pets-either/2016/11/24/a6db9f4c-b03f-11e6-bc2d-19b3d759cfe7_story.html?postshare=3151480357434862&tid=ss_tw

Michael W. Fox, The Post’s veterinary advice “Animal Doctor” columnist, finally revealed that he is a member of the anti-vaccine movement after hinting about it for years, and his column is now ov...

11/28/2016

Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease: http://www.entnet.org/content/autoimmune-inner-ear-disease

What is AIED?Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) is an inflammatory condition of the inner ear. It occurs when the body's immune system attacks cells in the inner ear that are mistaken for a virus or bacteria.

11/10/2016

https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/2016/november/early-life-immune-events-drive-adult-onset-autoimmune-disease

New research shows autoimmune events early in life in the spleen can drive later autoimmunity and disease pathology in local tissues.

02/23/2016

A slew of Bay Area startups and even individuals are taking the leap into the new world of DNA tinkering and synthetic biology.

01/27/2016

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21688848-stem-cells-are-starting-prove-their-value-medical-treatments-curing-multiple?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ed/Curingmultiplesclerosis

Stem cells are starting to prove their value as medical treatments

09/12/2015

Interesting Article:
http://womenshealthorders.com/brittany-angellhow-i-kicked-my-autoimmune-disease-into-remission/

Its been a LONG Journey. almost 3 solid years of chronic pain. Today, I am living virtually pain free. I decided to share my story to give you hope- because you CAN get better too.. I don’t care what your health circumstances. In the winter of 2009 at the age of 25 I became pregnant. ...

07/28/2015

Safety Issues with the use of Calcineurin Inhibitors
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/272407424_Safety_Issues_with_the_use_of_Calcineurin_Inhibitors

Publication » Safety Issues with the use of Calcineurin Inhibitors.

07/13/2015

Meniere's disease might be an autoimmune condition: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568997212000092

To review our current knowledge of the pathogenesis of Meniere's disease, including viral infection and immune system-mediated mechanisms, and to discuss the pathogenesis as it relates to pharmacotherapy.

07/10/2015

Patients and health care professionals should remain alert for heart-related side effects the entire time that NSAIDs are being taken.

07/10/2015

Public Meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Infections On October 15, 2015, FDA is conducting a public meeting on Patient-Focused Drug Development for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Infections. FDA is interested in obtaining patients’ perspectives on t…

06/09/2015

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05/03/2015

New safety information for prescription-strength ibuprofen: Risk of heart attack and stroke at high doses: http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2015/53055a-eng.php

Health Canada is working with the Canadian manufacturers of prescription oral ibuprofen products to update the safety information regarding the risk of serious cardiovascular side effects (e.g., heart attack and stroke) when these products are used at high doses (at 2400 mg/day). This risk increases…