§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people are now known to be suffering from the damaging side-effects of the drug Eraldin; and what were the known numbers one and two years ago, respectively.
§ Mr. MoyleBy 30th November 1977, the Committee on Safety of Medicines had received 1,623 reports of suspected adverse reactions in patients who had been treated with Eraldin (practolol). The corresponding figures at 30th November 1976 and 30th November 1975 were 1,261 and 1,034 respectively. Most of these suspected reactions occurred before or during 1974 when a possible association with Eraldin was first recognised. It is likely that a proportion of the reports relate to events which would have occurred independently or which were due to concurrently administered drugs and bear no relation to treatment with practolol.