OTC analgesic safety
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
National Consumers League teams up with other consumer and healthcare organizations "to inform and educate the public about safe use" of OTC pain medicines, NCL President Linda Golodner announces Oct. 23. NCL will be conducting research, "distributing publications and enhancing our Web site...with facts about pain medicines and answers to questions that people may have about what pain medicine is for," she says. Group plans to produce series of public service announcements and will sponsor a Harris Interactive Poll. NCL national random sample survey of approx-imately 1,012 people found 29% of respondents do not usually read label directions for OTC analgesics because they know how much to take, and 17% believe there are no serious risks when taking such drugs...
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National Consumers League teams up with other consumer and healthcare organizations "to inform and educate the public about safe use" of OTC pain medicines, NCL President Linda Golodner announces Oct. 23. NCL will be conducting research, "distributing publications and enhancing our Web site...with facts about pain medicines and answers to questions that people may have about what pain medicine is for," she says. Group plans to produce series of public service announcements and will sponsor a Harris Interactive Poll. NCL national random sample survey of approx-imately 1,012 people found 29% of respondents do not usually read label directions for OTC analgesics because they know how much to take, and 17% believe there are no serious risks when taking such drugs.... |