"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Better Drug Info: The FDA is looking to improve the drug information that pharmacists dispense along with medication. Although I don't generally like more regulation, I think this is needed. Too much of the information dispensed by pharmacies is nothing more than a litany of every possible side effect in the vaguest of terms: nausea, leg swelling, shortness of breath - all side effects that could occur with just about any drug if you have an allergic reaction to it. Patients could certainly benefit from more focused information on their particular drug and its most common side effects and potential interactions. It shouldn't be that hard to write guides like that, so I can't fathom why the companies aren't doing that now. Maybe they just aren't paying anyone to check the pamphlets for quality information. posted by Sydney on
7/02/2002 05:54:00 AM
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