Tag - labelling

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Jul02

Antidepressants: Hooked on the happy drug:What British doctors don’t tell you

The UK and the US differ markedly in what the drug regulatory agencies require drugs manufacturers to admit in their labelling. To take one example, here's what the manufacturers of Effexor (venisfaxine) say in their US label compared with their UK...

Jul02

DECIPHERING THE LABEL:WHAT DO THE PERCENTAGES AND PARTS PER MILLION ON TOOTHPASTE LABELS ACTUALLY MEAN?

What Doctors Don't Tell You

In our survey, labelling information was not consistent. Some companies listed the amount of fluoride in ppm and some in percentages, some in both and some not at all. The British Dental Associati ...