PMID- 28664354 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180604 LR - 20181202 IS - 1179-1942 (Electronic) IS - 0114-5916 (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 11 DP - 2017 Nov TI - Impact of Medicine Withdrawal on Reporting of Adverse Events Involving Therapeutic Alternatives: A Study from the French Spontaneous Reporting Database. PG - 1099-1107 LID - 10.1007/s40264-017-0561-y [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: The consequences of the withdrawal of marketing authorisation of drugs have mostly been studied considering drug prescription patterns for the therapeutic alternatives of the withdrawn drugs. The potential concomitant changes in the reporting of adverse reactions concerning these alternatives have been studied less often. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyse the changes in the reporting of adverse events (AEs) for therapeutic alternatives after the withdrawal of three medicines (dextropropoxyphene, pioglitazone and tetrazepam) from the market for safety reasons. METHODS: This study was performed using both the French pharmacovigilance database and the Echantillon Generaliste des Beneficiaires (a random sample of French health insurance affiliates). For dextropropoxyphene, pioglitazone and tetrazepam alternatives, the number and types of case reports were studied for both the year preceding the first official safety warning and the year following the withdrawal. Reporting rates expressed per 10,000 reimbursements (RR(Reimb)) and per 10,000 treated patients (RR(Pat)) were also compared for the two periods. RESULTS: After dextropropoxyphene withdrawal, case reports and reimbursements increased for tramadol (case reports: +23%, reimbursements: +13%) and codeine (case reports: +74%, reimbursements: +47%), RR(Pat) being significantly increased for tramadol (0.92 vs. 1.06, p = 0.02). After pioglitazone withdrawal, case reports increased for dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors, glinides, and glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogues (+84%, +22% and +5%, respectively) and reimbursements (+55, +11 and +50%, respectively); both decreased for sulfonylureas (case reports: -6%, reimbursements: -2%). RR(Pat) increased for DPP-4 inhibitors (1.63 vs. 2.26, p = 0.008). After tetrazepam withdrawal, case reports increased for diazepam, methocarbamol and thiocolchicoside (+110, +86 and +157%, respectively), as lesser did reimbursements. RR(Pat) increased for diazepam (1.78 vs. 2.41, p = 0.054) and thiocolchicoside (0.14 vs. 0.24, p = 0.013). CONCLUSION: For the three drug withdrawals investigated, the number of case reports involving alternatives increased to a larger extent than the numbers of prescriptions. This could relate to a higher occurrence of AEs in new users of alternatives who switched from the withdrawn medicines or to an increased awareness of possible AEs. FAU - Pageot, Cecile AU - Pageot C AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6884-2544 AD - University of Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. cecile.pageot@u-bordeaux.fr. AD - INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, 33076, Bordeaux, France. cecile.pageot@u-bordeaux.fr. AD - CHU Bordeaux, Service de Pharmacologie Medicale, Centre Regional de Pharmacovigilance de Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. cecile.pageot@u-bordeaux.fr. AD - Centre Regional de Pharmacovigilance, Hopital Pellegrin-CHU de Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux Cedex, France. cecile.pageot@u-bordeaux.fr. FAU - Bezin, Julien AU - Bezin J AD - University of Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - CHU Bordeaux, Service de Pharmacologie Medicale, Centre Regional de Pharmacovigilance de Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. FAU - Smith, Andy AU - Smith A AD - University of Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, 33076, Bordeaux, France. FAU - Arnaud, Mickael AU - Arnaud M AD - University of Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, 33076, Bordeaux, France. FAU - Salvo, Francesco AU - Salvo F AD - INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - CHU Bordeaux, Service de Pharmacologie Medicale, Centre Regional de Pharmacovigilance de Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. FAU - Haramburu, Francoise AU - Haramburu F AD - INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - CHU Bordeaux, Service de Pharmacologie Medicale, Centre Regional de Pharmacovigilance de Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - Centre Regional de Pharmacovigilance, Hopital Pellegrin-CHU de Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux Cedex, France. FAU - Begaud, Bernard AU - Begaud B AD - University of Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, 33076, Bordeaux, France. FAU - Pariente, Antoine AU - Pariente A AD - University of Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, Pharmacoepidemiology Team, 33076, Bordeaux, France. AD - CHU Bordeaux, Service de Pharmacologie Medicale, Centre Regional de Pharmacovigilance de Bordeaux, 33076, Bordeaux, France. CN - French Network of Pharmacovigilance Centres LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - New Zealand TA - Drug Saf JT - Drug safety JID - 9002928 RN - 0 (Thiazolidinediones) RN - 12794-10-4 (Benzodiazepines) RN - FO92091VP8 (tetrazepam) RN - S2F83W92TK (Dextropropoxyphene) RN - X4OV71U42S (Pioglitazone) SB - IM MH - Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems/*statistics & numerical data MH - Benzodiazepines/adverse effects MH - *Databases, Factual MH - Dextropropoxyphene/adverse effects MH - Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions/*epidemiology MH - France MH - Humans MH - Pharmacoepidemiology MH - Pharmacovigilance MH - Pioglitazone MH - Safety-Based Drug Withdrawals/*statistics & numerical data MH - Thiazolidinediones/adverse effects EDAT- 2017/07/01 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/05 06:00 CRDT- 2017/07/01 06:00 PHST- 2017/07/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/07/01 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s40264-017-0561-y [pii] AID - 10.1007/s40264-017-0561-y [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Drug Saf. 2017 Nov;40(11):1099-1107. doi: 10.1007/s40264-017-0561-y.