The letter by Alderman and colleagues is a timely reminder of the continued importance of post-marketing surveillance, especially for medications with frequently encountered and well characterised harms. As outlined, such surveillance must include all medications, whether or not they are subsidised or sold over the counter, in order to account for drug–host and drug–drug interactions.
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