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Table 4 Off-label and unlicensed category proportions for medicines with >10% of courses implicated in at least one PD ADR

From: Adverse drug reactions and off-label and unlicensed medicines in children: a nested case?control study of inpatients in a pediatric hospital

Categorya

Fentanyl (implicated)

Fentanyl + Levobupivicaine Epidural (implicated)

Morphine (implicated)

Codeine (implicated)

1

1 (0)

-

302 (86)

483 (49)

3

-

-

2 (0)

-

5

1 (0)

-

189 (88)

9 (0)

11

136 (66)

-

6 (1)

-

15

12 (6)

-

-

-

29

-

-

-

257 (33)

32

-

106 (47)

1 (0)

3 (0)

Total

150 (72)

106 (47)

500 (175)

752 (99)

  1. asee Table?1 for category definitions. PD ADR, probable or definite adverse drug reaction.