AMNews: April 18, 2005. Black box, black hole ... American Medical News
AMNews: April 18, 2005. Black box, black hole ... American Medical News
Although efforts are made to alert physicians to new drug risks, those warnings are often swallowed up in an overabundance of information.
By Susan J. Landers, AMNews staff. April 18, 2005.
More than three billion prescriptions are written per year, and each and every one of them comes with a complicated instruction manual known as a package insert.
"Package inserts were intended to inform physicians about the risks and benefits of a drug," AMA Trustee Cecil B. Wilson, MD, recently told a Senate panel investigating drug safety. "Unfortunately, today's package insert has become a long and complicated legal document rather than a useful resource for physicians."
Although efforts are made to alert physicians to new drug risks, those warnings are often swallowed up in an overabundance of information.
By Susan J. Landers, AMNews staff. April 18, 2005.
More than three billion prescriptions are written per year, and each and every one of them comes with a complicated instruction manual known as a package insert.
"Package inserts were intended to inform physicians about the risks and benefits of a drug," AMA Trustee Cecil B. Wilson, MD, recently told a Senate panel investigating drug safety. "Unfortunately, today's package insert has become a long and complicated legal document rather than a useful resource for physicians."
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