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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - Topical Antiseptic Non-Prescription Chlorhexidine...
This safety review was carried out to look at the potential link between non-prescription topical antiseptic chlorhexidine products and serious allergic reactions, and to...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - TECFIDERA - Assessing the Potential Risk of Kidney Injury
Health Canada reviewed the risk of kidney injury with Tecfidera after finding international cases of this risk in patients treated with Tecfidera. These cases were found during...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - Strontium - Risk of Heart and Circulatory Side Effects
The European Medicines Agency completed a safety review of strontium ranelate, a drug available by prescription only in Europe at a dose of 680 mg per day and used to treat...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) Inhibitors...
A safety review was done to evaluate the potential risk of acute kidney injury and the use of two SGLT2 inhibitors, Invokana (canagliflozin) or Forxiga (dapagliflozin). This...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - SGLT2 Inhibitors (canagliflozin, dapagliflozin,...
Ketones are a type of waste product that the body creates when it breaks down fat to use for energy. If ketones begin to build up to toxic levels in the blood (a condition known...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - SGLT2 Inhibitors (canagliflozin, dapagliflozin,...
The minerals stored within the bones help provide strength. Bones that have fewer minerals (less bone mineral density) are more likely to become brittle and break (fracture). A...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - SGLT2 inhibitors - Assessing the potential risk of a...
After receiving two Canadian case reports involving canagliflozin, Health Canada reviewed the potential risk of PRES in patients treated with SGLT2 inhibitors who have developed...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) -...
Health Canada reviewed this issue because a published study found a link between SSRI exposure during pregnancy and an increased risk of autism in children. Autism is a...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) - Assessing the risk...
Health Canada reviewed the potential risk of a type of skin reaction known as subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus(SCLE) with the use of PPIs after a published article that...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - Proton Pump Inhibitors - Assessing the Potential...
This safety review was carried out to look at new information in the scientific literature that has emerged since the completion of a previous review in 2012 about the risk of...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - Propecia (finasteride 1 mg) and Proscar (finasteride...
Health Canada carried out a safety review to look at the potential risk of seizures in patients taking finasteride after cases of seizures were published in the WHO...-
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Catalogue Entry: Summary Safety Review - PRADAXA (dabigatran etexilate) - Assessing the...
Health Canada reviewed the potential risk of liver injury with Pradaxa after receiving reports of severe liver injury from the manufacturer. The manufacturer was asked to...-
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Catalogue Entry: Climate Change and Health: Adaptation Bulletin #5
Adaptation Bulletin - #5/ North American Working Group on Climate Change and Human Health-
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Catalogue Entry: Climate Change and Health: Adaptation Bulletin #4
Adaptation Bulletin - #4/ Developing Heat Alert and Response Systems in Urban and Rural Communities-
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Catalogue Entry: Climate Change and Health: Adaptation Bulletin #3
Adaptation Bulletin - #3/ Understanding Community Resilience to Extreme Heat Through Table-top Exercises-
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Catalogue Entry: Climate Change and Health: Adaptation Bulletin #2
Adaptation Bulletin #2/ Communicating the Health Risks of Extreme Heat Events: Toolkit for Public Health and Emergency Management Officials.-
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Catalogue Entry: Climate Change and Health - Adaptation Bulletin #1
Adaptation Bulletin #1/ The Urban Heat Island Effect: Causes, Health Impacts and Mitigation Strategies.-
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Catalogue Entry: Toluene in Indoor Air
Toluene is one of a diverse, group of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which can be released as a gas into indoor air at room temperatures. The health...-
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Catalogue Entry: Ozone in Indoor Air
Ozone can cause a variety of symptoms in both healthy people and people with respiratory problems, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Health...-
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Catalogue Entry: Risk Assessment Prioritization Process for Indoor Air Contaminants
Canadians spend approximately 90% of their time indoors and are exposed to a large number of indoor air contaminants. In many cases, these indoor air contaminants are known to...-
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