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Rise in adverse drug reactions attributed to swine flu vaccine
The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) received more than 3,200 reports of adverse reactions to drugs last year, of which a small number resulted in fatalities.
The IMB figures show an increase in the number of suspected adverse reaction reports in 2009. The increase can be accounted for by the introduction of the national swine flu vaccination programme last November, with more than 900 reports of suspected adverse reactions to the pandemic H1N1 vaccine.
The IMB stated that it was not possible to provide a definitive number of cases that resulted in fatalities as some adverse drug reactions are also associated with other treatments and underlying illness.
In 2009 there was a 19% increase in the number of investigations carried out by the IMB into breaches of medicinal product legislation, including the illegal importation of prescription-only drug seized. Among the unauthorised products confiscated 65,469 tablets for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Other products seized included weight-loss and body building substances.
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