Are we test guinea pigs for prescription drug ? After a drug has been on the market for 18 months and used by 10,000 patients, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) checks for new safety issues. Now, new variations in federal laws are giving FDA a chance to “ramp up” it’s safety systems and their effectiveness on [...]
Some Prescription Drugs May Be Changed To Over The Counter Drugs
February 29, 2012 By
The National Journal (2/28, Fox, Subscription Publication) reports the FDA will meet March 22-23 to “solicit feedback on whether making some medicines more easily available will get more people to use them.” “A new paradigm” to make prescriptions easier to fill. “Under this paradigm, the agency would approve certain drugs that would otherwise require a prescription [...]
