WebMD has terrific information about side effects but offers its pricing data mostly to health plan members.
WebMD ( HLTH - news - people ) has terrific information about side effects but offers its pricing data mostly to health plan members.
Doctors, researchers and the companies themselves would be free to share information about adverse side effects without legal consequences.
The action group wants GlaxoSmithKline to put clearer warnings about the side effects of the drug on its information leaflet.
But detailed and accessible information about the side-effects of drugs is to everyone's advantage.
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All national web-portals on medicines would be linked to the EU's "Eudravigilance" database, which contains information about medicines and side effects.
It would require national governments and the Commission to set up "medicine web-portals" to give patients more information on products and side effects.
On a conference call, the company said that it is getting some information about the total number of side effects, but is still blind to the results.
It is worth bearing in mind that if you read any patient information leaflet, the list of potential side-effects is usually extensive and often makes alarming reading.
According to the FDA, 300, 000 people are injured in some way because of drug side effects each year--a flaw the agency blames partly on confusing medical information.
The FDA's approval of the drug comes with the requirement that the prescribing information comes with a boxed warning alerting patients about the possibility of these side effects.
With that, the pharmacist can be a reassuring source of information about not only what elders must pay for out of pocket, but side effects, drug incompatibilities and warnings.
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