Drug Side Effects & Recall Information
Drug companies are spending billions of dollars annually advertising and marketing their products to the American consumer. For the most part, these prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications help people to live longer, better lives by controlling or eliminating disease, infection, illness or by simply improving the person's quality of life to some degree.
Unfortunately, drug side effects account for more then 200,000 deaths per year in the United States alone.
Even more disturbing is the fact that many of these companies are neglecting to adequately warn consumers of the potential side effects until it is too late.
The manufacturers of prescription and over-the-counter medications have a responsibility to consumers to provide products that are safe and effective when used as intended. In addition, these manufacturers need to thoroughly warn consumers when a drug has the potential for side effects.
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FDA Drug Side Effect Warnings
Source: FDA MedWATCH Program
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating food (humans and animal), dietary supplements, drugs (human and animal), cosmetics, medical devices (human and animal) and radiation emitting devices (including non-medical devices), biologics, and blood products in the United States.
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MedWatch Online Voluntary Reporting Form (3500)
Reporting by Consumers
Reporting by Health Professionals
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Drug Side Effects News (National Headlines)
Source: Google News
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- Schmidt & Clark | A National Law Firm
- Learn more about drug side effect lawsuits and your legal rights in pursuing a drug side effects lawsuit.
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Agency responsible for regulating presciption and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. The FDA has the responsibility for assuring the safety and efficacy of all regulated marketed medical products.
- MedWatch
- The FDA's Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program - Serves both healthcare professionals and the medical product-using public. Site provides product safety alerts, recalls, withdrawals, and important labeling changes that may affect the health of all Americans are quickly disseminated to the medical community and the general public.
- Health Canada - Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
- Health Canada believes that staying informed can help you stay healthy. To this end, the Department posts safety alerts, public health advisories, press releases and other notices related to therapeutic health products from industry to health professionals, consumers and other interested parties.
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Reader Feedback
cannedguds wrote...
This is why, if possible, I'll stay away from drugs. I'm a TMJ patient and I don't follow my doctor's orders. He wants me to take some medications for the pains and make me submit myself to dental implants but I don't want to. Thank goodness, I've found some TMJ exercises that can help me get rid of my jaw problems for good without any medications! People who are into drugs for medication should ought to read this informative lens of yours! Thanks for sharing!
Posted October 12, 2008
