En soirée il y a un peu plus d'un an, Vanessa Young, âgée de 15 ans, bavardait avec son
père dans son bureau. Elle s' est levée pour monter à l'étage et s' est effondrée, morte. Son …

Both studies showed a similar pattern of adverse effects. The commonest adverse effects
involved the gastrointestinal system: diarrhoea, headache, abdominal pain, constipation …

In a study of 13 233 patients receiving cisapride (dosage or duration of therapy not given),
the incidence of palpitations, tachycardia and extrasystoles was 0.08% during the first month …

Restriction of indications for cisapride Page 1 III~Illllll~~m~lll 87049195 1. RESTRICTION OF
INDICATIONS FOR CISAPRIDE As most readers would be aware, cisapride (Prepulsid) has …

The FDA has revised the labeling of cisapride (Propulsid; Janssen Pharmaceutica, Titusville,
NJ) and advised physicians to perform electrocardiography and measure serum electrolytes …

Cisapride and cardiac arrhythmias Page 1 1. The National Ubrary supplies copies of this
article under licence from the Copyright Agency Umited (CAL). Further reproductions of this …

They performed an analysis of arrhythmic events (sudden deaths and other events
consistent with serious ventricular arrhthymias) among 36 743 patients prescribed cisapride …

ContextCisapride, a gastrointestinal tract promotility agent, can cause life-threatening
cardiac arrhythmias in patients susceptible either because of concurrent use of medications …

Purpose: Serious, although rare, ventricular arrhythmias and deaths have been reported in
patients taking cisapride monohydrate. Without quantification of the risk involved, it is …

Seven case reports have been submitted to the WHO Programme for International Drug
Monitoring which indicate an association between cisapride, a GI prokinetic agent, and …