Patient Resources
If you would like more information on medicine safety, adverse drug reactions, or tips for talking to your doctor or taking medicine safely, the following links may be helpful in your search.
NOTE: PhRMA does not endorse the content of these websites.
- FDA Tips for Taking Medicines: http://www.fda.gov/fdac/reprints/medtips.html
- Useful information on safe medicine use from the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE): http://www.talkaboutrx.org/
- Specific information on drug interactions: http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Interaction/ChooseDrugs/1,4109,,00.html
- http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/druginteractions.htm
- General information on adverse drug reactions: http://familydoctor.org/231.xml
- How to take medicines safely (from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality): http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/safemeds/safemeds.htm
- Tips for talking to your doctor: http://familydoctor.org/837.xml or www.ahrq.gov/consumer/quicktips/doctalk.pdf
- Medline: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
- Information on children’s drug safety: http://www.kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?dn=familydoctor&lic=44&article_set=20034