Reactions 485 - 22 Jan 1994

■ Healthcare professionals are ’s’, according to areport by the International Medical Benefit/RiskFoundation, Geneva, Switzerland. The biggest problemis that patients are poorly informed about the risks ofadverse effects of prescribed medications. The reportstates that patients should be warned about potentialadverse events and told what to do if certain eventsoccur. The US FDA is currently developing a patientinformation programme concerning the efficacy andadverse effects of prescription drugs.Marwick C. Pharmaceutical firms urge more patient education. JAMA: theJournal of the American Medical Association 271: 12, 5 Jan 1994 800243317

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