Safer prescription of drugs: impact of the PREFASEG system to aid clinical decision-making in primary care in Catalonia

Table 4 Degree of detection and acceptance of the AEMPS safety alerts in 2016, 2017, and 2018

	2016			2017			2018
AEMPS alert	Alerts	Alerts accepted	% Accepted	Alerts	Alerts accepted	% Accepted	Alerts	Alerts accepted	% Accepted
"TRIPLE WHAMMY"*	46,020	13,867	30	76,107	18,992	25	73,860	15,988	22
DICLOFENAC	7288	2588	36	5734	1774	31	5137	1511	29
COXIBS	3131	888	28	2535	616	24	2986	644	22
ACECLOFENAC	805	204	25	665	127	19	487	101	21
ESCITALOPRAM	645	204	32	270	95	35	305	72	24
CITALOPRAM	495	189	38	217	67	31	302	104	34
CILOSTAZOL	193	70	36	181	66	36	289	65	22
AGOMELATINE	133	54	41	175	54	31	249	72	29
IVABRADINE	130	51	39	153	56	37	200	48	24
CANAGLIFLOZIN	–	–	–	128	42	33	177	40	23
TRIMETAZIDINE	115	62	54	82	36	44	111	47	42
RALOXIFENE and BAZEDOXIFENE	106	64	60	23	11	48	30	20	67
STRONTIUM RENALATE	53	39	74	21	11	52	22	5	23
ALISKIREN	32	21	66	17	11	65	3	3	100
Total	59,146	18,301	31	86,308	21,958	25	84,158	18,720	22

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