Study on Noncompliance with FDA Black Box Warnings for Prescription Medications
A study by Harvard Medical School's Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention that came out last week reveals some striking statistics on potential prescription errors. The study focused on black box warnings, the FDA's strongest label for high-risk medication that is printed in a black frame in a drug's package insert. Researchers looked to whether doctors complied with the black box warnings when prescribing medicine to ambulatory care patients.
The results? Lab tests were not performed for half (49.6%) of patients who received medicines where the black box warning recommended a lab test. 95 pregnant women may have been prescribed medication that was unsafe to take while pregnant. Read about the study here.
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