Are Health Care Professionals Paying Attention to the Food and Drug Administration's Safety Warnings?

摘要

The mission of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is to promote and protect public health by assuring that safe and effective drugs are available to Americans. Within this role, the FDA must provide practitioners with up-to-date information regarding the safety of medications approved by the agency. Some of this is achieved by announcements issued through the FDA's MedWATCH: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program, by changes in the drug labeling that can be found on the FDA "Web site (http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/saf ety.htm), as well as changes made in the manufacturer's package inserts and labeling.