I did a bit of searching specifially about the case in N.J. and it appears there were warnings on the insert of the drug but the jury felt that the warning were not clear enough. It did say that if some experiences these symptoms, they should report it to their doctor an discontinue the drug.
http://info.courtroomview.com/Blog/?Tag=Accutane
The warnings indicated that there is a risk of getting IBD with accutane but because they used the words "temporary" and "associated" the jury felt that that wasn't strong enough.
Now, in general, if I was to do a study about how many people really review the written side effects of a drug I think we would find that the majority throw away that package insert and never read it or even the short side effect sheet pharmacies send out with the prescription.
I absolutely agree that medication is prescribed without proper explanation by doctors and that many medications are over prescribed. Overall though, I think people need to take a greater role in protecting themselves from any treatment, insist on knowing why they are receiving any drug, the alternatives and take a larger responsibility for their own health.
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I did a bit of searching specifially about the case in N.J. and it appears there were warnings on the insert of the drug but the jury felt that the warning were not clear enough. It did say that if some experiences these symptoms, they should report it to their doctor an discontinue the drug.
http://info.courtroomview.com/Blog/?Tag=Accutane
The warnings indicated that there is a risk of getting IBD with accutane but because they used the words "temporary" and "associated" the jury felt that that wasn't strong enough.
Now, in general, if I was to do a study about how many people really review the written side effects of a drug I think we would find that the majority throw away that package insert and never read it or even the short side effect sheet pharmacies send out with the prescription.
I absolutely agree that medication is prescribed without proper explanation by doctors and that many medications are over prescribed. Overall though, I think people need to take a greater role in protecting themselves from any treatment, insist on knowing why they are receiving any drug, the alternatives and take a larger responsibility for their own health.
June 11, 2010 - 8:13amThis Comment
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