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http://www.fda.gov/cder/dsn/2007_fall/2007_fall.pdf

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and is expected to be signed by Bush as well.

It is hopefully going to repair some of the holes that we had.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/wa...ef=todayspaper

If the link does not work...

House Passes Bill Giving More Power to the F.D.A.


By GARDINER HARRIS
Published: September 20, 2007

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 — The House overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday that is expected to give federal drug regulators significantly more money and power to ensure the safety of the nation’s drug supply.

Senate passage is expected Thursday, and President Bush will probably sign the measure quickly — all part of a race to forestall dismissal notices Friday for some 2,000 employees of the Food and Drug Administration.

The legislation was welcomed by both industry and consumer groups, who all found something to trumpet in the mammoth bill.

“Congress is about to give the president legislation that should end the secrecy and foot-dragging when it comes to letting consumers know about unsafe medicines,” said Jim Guest, president of Consumers Union.

Drug makers largely supported the measure, hoping that a few key concessions they made would increase public confidence in the drug agency and, by extension, their own drugs.

This is just a snip of the whole article.

There is a critique of this bill :
http://www.newstarget.com/021838.html

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cant be soon enough for these extra steps on drug safety and IMO a whole heap more needs to be done to both take reported adverse effects seriously and also to properly warn patients about the potential side effects when being prescribed.

usually docs scribble on the prescription pad and hand it to you and bye bye

I noticed tena had posted this on PD forum so thought to link it here too

Reports of Adverse Drug Effects Up

always important IMHO to ask about potential side effects, interactions etc etc