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Our aim with MIC News is to keep you up to date with current issues, including the safety, efficacy and availability of medicines. Please feel free to e-mail us any questions, comments or suggestions.
Aspirin and clopidogrel

Secondary prevention of coronary artery disease with aspirin vs clopidogrel

A recent systematic review and patient-level meta-analysis published in The Lancet reported a slightly lower incidence of subsequent myocardial infarction or stroke in patients on clopidogrel.
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Pregnancy and paracetamol

Another review of paracetamol exposure during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental effects

D’Antonio and colleagues published their systematic review and meta-analysis in one of the Lancet journals recently.
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Headache

South African perspective: Meningioma and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate

Over the past couple of years, retrospective studies from both the United States and Europe have reported a significant association between use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (dMPA) and development of meningiomas.
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