Posted by yxibow on December 15, 2006, at 19:39:13
In reply to Re: PDR a legal document, posted by madeline on December 15, 2006, at 19:24:15
> the PDR contains the full precribing information provided by the companies for the appropriate (according to them and the FDA) use of a drug that they manufacture.
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> That's all it is.
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> If a physician goes off the prescribing info in the PDR, the drug company is not responsible for any adverse effects to the patient.
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> However, the physician can be held directly accountable for his/her actions.
Yeah, that's pretty much what the PDR is -- these days full PIs (prescribing information) are online for pickyournewdrugandfillintheblanks.com for an extended period of time until they stop marketing or the patent runs out. Those PIs are the same as appear in the PDR or sometimes are printed on thin paper and taped to the top of a pharmacy jar if your pharmacy gives you the whole jar because you're prescribed that amount or that is what is left over and they didn't bother to remove it. The PDR also has, for a select group of currently marketed drugs, a photo for each medication.There are online sources also for identifying pills, such as
http://www.drugs.com/pill_identification.html
-- tidings
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