The Safe Patient Project is a Consumers Union campaign focused on eliminating medical harm, improving FDA oversight of prescription drugs and promoting disclosure laws that give information to consumers about health care safety and quality.
medication labels
Off-Label Drug Marketing Is ‘Free Speech,’ Court Rules
A federal appeals court ruled that a drug company’s marketing of a drug “off label” which means it is marketing the drug for a use not approved by the FDA, is a matter of free speech.
Categories: Medical Errors
Tags: FDA, medication, medication labels, off label
Let’s talk about labels
A bill in California (SB 1390) would create a minimum of 12-point font for the most crucial information on medication labels and would require translation of medication label information into commonly used non-English languages.
Categories: Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: C. diff, ICU, medication labels, Patient Safety Day, Pharma
California Pharmacy Board Should Support Safer Medication Labels
Guest blog post written by Syed Sayeed, Policy Analyst at Consumers Union’s West Coast Office. CU is calling on California residents to submit comments to the Pharmacy Board by March 10th, in support of requiring all pharmacies to print important label information in at least a 12-point font size.
Categories: Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: C. diff, CDC, ICU, medicare part d, medication labels, Pharma
FDA warns parents on cough medicine for kids
After hundreds of serious injuries and a handful deaths, the FDA warns parents not to give cough medicine to children under 2 years old.
Categories: Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: FDA, medication labels
Battle for safer drugs now in the House
It’s time for action. With strong legislation sitting in committee, the House has a chance now to take a hard line against the drug industry.
Categories: Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: FDA, medication labels, Pharma, RFO
Drug companies pushing for another payday!
I may have discovered an unknown side effect of those prescription drug TV ads—lowering my IQ. As I digested new diseases, wondering if I have them, and new cures, wondering if I should ask for them, the drug companies apparently walked away with all the money.
Categories: Medical Devices & Drugs
Tags: medicare part d, medication labels, Pharma
