Prescription bottle labels. There are about 1.5 million preventable medication errors each year, according to a 2006 report from the Institute of Medicine.

2006-01-19 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it was overhauling the inserts packaged with prescription drugs to make the information easier to ...

Medical professionals are often left in the dark about the benefits and harms of prescription drugs because the details often fail to make their way to the label, according to a new editorial in th… ...

The Food and Drug Administration is revamping confusing labels on prescription drugs to make it easier to understand which medications may pose risks to the baby.

WASHINGTON – The government says smart prescription drug labels -- bearing tiny hidden transmitters -- should lead the way in fighting counterfeit drugs (search). But Mark McClellan, the Food ...

Prescription Drug Warning Labels and Respondent Interpretations ( n = 74) Label Lexile Score/Grade Level No. (%)Participants With Correct Interpretations Incorrect Interpretations; Take ...

The guidelines will apply to all new drugs 120 days after Wednesday's publication in the Federal Register. Use of the new labels will be phased in over the next seven years for those drugs already ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Prescription drug inserts that often read like legal disclaimers and look like hieroglyphics will be redesigned to become more user friendly, federal health ...

Prescription drug labels need a makeover to help patients understand how to take drugs properly. So say researchers, including Louisiana State University's Terry Davis, Ph.D., and Northwestern ...

Prescription Drug Warning Labels and Respondent Interpretations ( n = 74) Label Lexile Score/Grade Level No. (%)Participants With Correct Interpretations Incorrect Interpretations; Take ...