Renato de Filippis, John M Kane, Elena Arzenton, Ugo Moretti, Emanuel Raschi, Gianluca Trifirò, Corrado Barbui, Pasquale De Fazio, Chiara Gastaldon, Georgios Schoretsanitis
INTRODUCTION: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is gaining attention in pharmacovigilance, but its association with antipsychotics, other than clozapine, is still unclear. METHODS: We conducted a case/non-case study with disproportionality analysis based on the World Health Organization (WHO) global spontaneous reporting database, VigiBase®. We analyzed individual case safety reports of DRESS syndrome related to antipsychotics compared to (1) all other medications in VigiBase®, (2) carbamazepine (a known positive control), and (3) within classes (typical/atypical) of antipsychotics...
May 9, 2024: Drug Safety: An International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Drug Experience