FDA Creates Web Site On Drug Safety Info
Health care professionals and the public can now go to a single page on the Food and Drug Administration's Web site to find a variety of safety information about prescription drugs. The Web page at<www.fda.gov/cder/drugSafety.htm> provides links to the following topics and more:
Drug labeling, including patient labeling, professional labeling, and patient package inserts | |||||
Drugs with a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for weighing benefits against risks | |||||
A database of postmarket studies | |||||
Warning letters, recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts. | |||||
Instructions on how to report problems to the FDA through its MedWatch program | |||||
Establishing such a Web page is one of the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007. ▪
