EU medicines agency to restrict use of Otsuka drug

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EU medicines agency to restrict use of Otsuka drug

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/eu-medicines-agency-restrict-otsuka-drug-105637064--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PsF.TaHfPB2Fk94mp8kfKw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-22T105637Z_1_CBRE92L0UEH00_RTROPTP_2_OTSUKA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Receptionist works at the Otsuka Holdings Co headquarters in Tokyo" align="left" title="Receptionist works at the Otsuka Holdings Co headquarters in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency said on Friday it was recommending restricting the use of medicines containing cilostazol, sold by Otsuka under the brand name Pletal, following concerns over side effects. A review of evidence found the drug's modest benefit was only greater than its risk of damaging the heart or causing serious bleeding in a limited number of patients. Cilostazol, also sold as Ekistol, is used for treatment of intermittent claudication, or limping, usually as a result of arterial disease. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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