What Doctors Don't Tell YouThe Medicines Control Agency (MCA), the UK government body that licenses new drugs, opened its doors to the public for the first time recently but failed to invite most of the public health groups ...
Consumers should receive more information about drugs and their potential side effects, a report released by the National Consumer Council said. ...
Your chances of suffering a serious reaction to a drug while in hospital stand at around 6.5 per cent; worse, 42 per cent of serious reactions are caused by staff error. ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has launched MEDWatch, a scheme to encourage health care workers to report side effects associated with drugs and other medical products. ...
Overwhelming evidence demonstrates that animal tests are dangerous to human health, and may be the reason that so many 'safety tested' drugs cause so many side effects. ...
Following 18 months of discussions among the medical establishment, the British public are to finally start being told about the side effects of the drugs they are taking. ...
Drug companies enjoy greater secrecy under law than any other industry group. ...
Even though you cannot count on the drug companies and the government to keep you informed about drugs side effects, there are many ways to get round this problem. ... ...
The nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) - ‘morning sickness’ - is common in early pregnancy. Thought to affect 70-85 per cent of pregnant women (Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2003; 4: CD000145), and often accompanied by tiredness and lethargy...
