Journal article
Montelukast and neuropsychiatric events - a sequence symmetry analysis
The Journal of asthma, Vol.59(12), pp.2360-2366
11/10/2022
DOI: 10.1080/02770903.2021.2018705
PMID: 34979844
Abstract
Objectives Neuropsychiatric events (NEs) reported with montelukast during post-marketing surveillance by the US Food & Drug Administration resulted in a 2008 safety alert and a black box warning in 2020. Our objective was to evaluate montelukast exposure and NEs risk using sequence symmetry analysis. Methods National Veterans Health Administration (VHA) administrative data were used to identify 11 840 patients prescribed incident montelukast during fiscal year 2014. Incident prescribing of neuropsychiatric medication was used as a proxy marker for incident NEs and included antidepressants, benzodiazepines, hypnotics, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and buspirone. Symmetry ratios were calculated as the ratio of patients with an incident neuropsychiatric event in the year following montelukast initiation to the year preceding initiation. Exposure counterfactual analyses were used to examine the relationship between potential therapeutic alternatives to montelukast and risk for NEs. Results Incident NEs were observed in 2305 patients following montelukast initiation and 2734 patients preceding montelukast initiation (SR 0.84, 95% CI 0.80-0.89). Sensitivity analyses examining each of the 6 sub-types of psychiatric medications also failed to show increased risk of NEs following montelukast initiation. Therapeutic alternatives to montelukast, such as inhaled corticosteroids, were also not associated increased NE risk. Conclusions Initiation of montelukast was not associated with increased risk of a variety of NEs in this sequence symmetry analysis involving adult patients in the VHA. Our findings do not support the hypothesis that NEs are associated with montelukast initiation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Montelukast and neuropsychiatric events - a sequence symmetry analysis
- Creators
- Christopher W. Fox - Iowa City VA Health Care SystemChelsea L. Khaw - Iowa City VA Health Care SystemAlicia K. Gerke - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineBrian C. Lund - Iowa City VA Health Care System
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of asthma, Vol.59(12), pp.2360-2366
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/02770903.2021.2018705
- PMID
- 34979844
- ISSN
- 0277-0903
- eISSN
- 1532-4303
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- CIN 13-412 / Health Services Research and Development Service, Department of Veterans Affairs; US Department of Veterans Affairs Iowa City VA Health Care System, Department of Pharmacy Services
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/10/2022
- Academic Unit
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine; Epidemiology; Emergency Medicine; Pharmacy Practice and Science; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359836202771
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