Consumer Group Asks FDA to Warn Patients About Hypertension Combination Therapy

摘要

THE CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP Public Citizen has charged the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with failing to warn patients of the dangers of using combination therapies involving 3 drug classes for the treatment of hypertension. The organization has petitioned the FDA to add a black box warning to the labels of these medications and to write a "Dear Doctor" letter to physicians alerting them to the potential dangers of such combination therapy.