Durban - How often have you tried to understand what the leaflet inside a box of medicine is actually saying? Or tried to read the side-effects of a medicine, only to face a row of terms such as ...

Many adults take prescription drugs, and usage rates are continually increasing. With approximately 1.3 million emergency department visits in the United States caused by adverse drug events each year ...

Jan. 18, 2006 — -- For the first time in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration will change the requirements for the lengthy package inserts that are included with most prescription drugs.

THE precursor of the current storm surrounding the heretofore innocuous package insert was a malpractice case against a New York dentist in which the insert in a package of epinephrine with lidocaine ...

A new law was enacted in Brazil on May 12, 2022 (Law No. 14,338/2022) requiring that medicine package inserts will have to be provided in digital format, in addition to the existing written format.

The package insert contains details pertaining to the drug, such as approved uses for the drug, prescribing information and risks or common side-effects of the medicine and needs to accompany every ...