We analyzed the users of the Bordeaux Regional Centre--defined as any person calling the Centre for an inquiry--between 1986 and 1991. During this 6-year period, 3,046 different users called our Centre. Among them, 2,578 (85%) called the Centre for the first time during this period and among them, more than 700 became regular users. The Bordeaux Centre works in regular cooperation with approximately 1,200 health professionals. This corresponds to the surveillance of 500,000 inhabitants.

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[Official systems of pharmacovigilance in France and in Spain. Comparison of spontaneous reporting in two regional centers: Pays Basque and Bordeaux].

This report compares the drug surveillance systems in France and Spain. The Spanish causality assessment method is explained. The Spanish and French drug surveillance systems are rather similar, but with some variations in the data analysis and differences between causality algorithms used. Spontaneous reporting in two drug surveillance centres, Aquitaine (Bordeaux, France) and in the Spanish Basque Country (SBC) (type of reports, reporting form) is compared. Reports received by the two centres during the year 1992 are presented. The SBC Centre has received more reports and differences in the source and type of effects were observed.

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