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<p>Reports of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are collected by the Medicines
and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Commission for Human Medicines
(CHM) through the spontaneous reporting scheme, the Yellow Card Scheme.</p><p> </p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p> </p><p>The Yellow Card Scheme collects information relating to suspected
adverse drug reactions, which include both serious and non-serious effects which a
doctor or patient suspects may have been due to a medicine. The MHRA has received
a total of 1207 suspected ADR reports in association with citalopram between 1 January
2009 and 31 August 2014. This number includes reports received directly from healthcare
professionals, patients and indirectly through pharmaceutical companies which have
a legal obligation to report suspected ADRs. The number of reports received directly
from the NHS cannot be determined.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The inclusion of
a particular ADR in a report does not necessarily mean it has been caused by the drug,
only that the reporter had a suspicion it may have, or it had a close temporal relationship
to the administration of the suspect drug. The fact that symptoms occur after a treatment
does not necessarily mean that they have been caused by the drug itself, as underlying
illnesses and other conditions may be responsible.</p><p> </p>
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