Restrict trimetazidine?

June 27, 2012

THE European Medicines Agency has recommended restricting the use of trimetazidine-containing medicines in the treatment of patients with angina pectoris to second-line, add-on therapy. In addition, the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended that trimetazidine-containing medicines for all other indications (including tinnitus, vertigo or disturbances in vision) have their marketing authorisation deleted, as it found there was not sufficient evidence that the drugs’ benefits outweighed their risks.

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Restrict trimetazidine?

Other recent headlines

PSA welcomes new Vic and ACT branch presidents

Blooms’ growth-minded focus

FIP publishes ED management resource

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