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Is medical motivation a good motor to collect side effects of cosmetics? Results of REVIDAL GERDA from the 1st January of 2000 to the 31st December of 2002
Author(s) -
Vigan Martine
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.0309fc.x
Subject(s) - cosmetics , declaration , medicine , dermatology , pathology , law , political science
Background: Why are there few declarations of side effects to public vigilance? Are there really few cases? Is there a lack of motivation? Motivation of revidal gerda is a medical motivation. Acceleration of knowledge by each about side effects. Amelioration of the tracking of side effects. Amelioration of management of patients Aim: to answer the question: is the medical motivation a good motor to collect the side effects of cosmetics? Patients and methods: REVIDAL GERDA 1/collects the declaration od S.E. of cosmetics which are sent by dermato‐allergologists who are astonished by these S.E 2/shows reception for each declaration 3/wake up the vigilance of all in the event of concordant declarations 3/inform each one of all the declarations 2 times per annum The majority of the declared S.E. is allergic 1/evocative clinical history 2/and positive reaction with a mufactured product 3/or positive reaction with an allergen of the allergotheque and presence of this allergen in the list “ingredients” of manufactured product (s) here is the analysis of declarations which was made from the 1st january of 2000 to the 31th december of 2002 Results: 42 dermato‐allergologists had declared 304 declarations for 398 products; 188 used for the face 58 used for the body, 38 used for hair, 31 used for legs, 30 parfums, 15 sunscreens, etc. The declared pathology was: 12 immediate type, 281 delayed type, 10 other For 6 products, the name alone did not make it possible to identify its use. 2 collective publications were made (many declarations about a new problem) Conclusion: There were many declarations. The number of product is much larger than what was published before: The under declaration is certain to the public vigilance The medical motivation is a good motor to obtain declarations These declarations can be useful to help patients, to publish new problems and to program prospective studies