Black triangles for new medicines

Dr Andrew Herxheimer

A black triangle should be put on the label of all dispensed medicines that are new enough for the Committee on Safety of Medicines to want all unexpected effects reported to them. Then patients can tell their doctors and the doctors can report the effects to the Committee. I want the Committee to propose this labelling officially to pharmacists, doctors and industry.

Dr Andrew Herxheimer, 9 Park Crescent, London N3 2NL (tel 081 346 5470; fax 081 346 0407). The idea is expanded in Self-Health issue 18 (published by the Consumers Association, 2 Marylebone Road, London NW1 4DX).

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