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- Title
Getting to Better Prescription Drug Information.
- Authors
Woloshin, Steven; Schwartz, Lisa
- Abstract
The article discusses the need to ensure that patients get the information that Medication Guides, documents that pharmacies are required to distribute when dispensing certain prescription drugs, should provide. It has been informed that medication guides are meant to alert patients about serious side effects of drugs. It has been informed that these guides are written by industry and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States. Food &; Drug Administration; DRUG side effects; ADVERSE health care events; PHARMACODYNAMICS
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2012, Vol 27, Issue 12, p1582
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-012-2222-2