§ Dr. Goodson-WickesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of adverse drug reaction reports, through the yellow card system for each year from 1978 to 1991 for Triazolam; and how many of these were categorised as serious.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThere have been 402 reports, of which 173 were categorised as serious. The number of reports by year is as follows:
Year of report Total reports Serious reports 1978 0 0 1979 50 20 1980 51 24 1981 48 12 1982 87 42 1983 41 20 1984 20 11 1985 19 4 1986 17 3 1987 21 13 1988 13 7 1989 7 3 1990 6 0 1991 22 14