TV Drug Ads Must Not Gloss Over Side Effects
Target: FDA
Sponsored by: Consumers Union
The FDA is currently debating whether to require a toll-free number and web address on all TV drug ads so we can easily report serious side effects to the agency.
But the FDA commissioner wants to study the idea for two more years. That’s too long! Prescription drug ads in magazines and newspapers already have this reporting information. Why not TV?
The benefits of making it easy to report serious drug side effects are clear:
• Better reporting of side effects will help the FDA do a better job of detecting dangerous drugs on the market sooner. Dangers often emerge only after millions of people start taking a drug.
• A recent poll found that only 7 percent knew how to report serious side effects to the FDA.
• The toll-free number and web address is already required in print drug ads; this would only put it on TV ads, so more consumers would see it.
An FDA panel convened recently to hear testimony on this, but now they need to hear from you.
Please take a minute to tell the FDA panel why it’s important they require a toll-free number and web address on all TV drug ads now!
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeac...8887837
Target: FDA
Sponsored by: Consumers Union
The FDA is currently debating whether to require a toll-free number and web address on all TV drug ads so we can easily report serious side effects to the agency.
But the FDA commissioner wants to study the idea for two more years. That’s too long! Prescription drug ads in magazines and newspapers already have this reporting information. Why not TV?
The benefits of making it easy to report serious drug side effects are clear:
• Better reporting of side effects will help the FDA do a better job of detecting dangerous drugs on the market sooner. Dangers often emerge only after millions of people start taking a drug.
• A recent poll found that only 7 percent knew how to report serious side effects to the FDA.
• The toll-free number and web address is already required in print drug ads; this would only put it on TV ads, so more consumers would see it.
An FDA panel convened recently to hear testimony on this, but now they need to hear from you.
Please take a minute to tell the FDA panel why it’s important they require a toll-free number and web address on all TV drug ads now!
www.thepetitionsite.com/takeac...8887837
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