BRIEF—MHRA urges patients to report side effects via scheme

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has urged patients to report side effects when taking multiple medicines.

The Yellow Card scheme allows people to report side effects on the MHRA website or app, and this week those taking a number of drugs are being targeted by its social media communications campaign so that they too can play their part in helping to improve patient safety.

Mick Foy, head of pharmacovigilance strategy at the MHRA, said: “Reporting helps to improve the safety of medicines for all patients and can result in better tailored prescribing or administrative advice and information about monitoring, which can help improve adherence to treatment, and ultimately improves patient safety.”