Half of Medications Lack Safety or Dosing Information for Children

A very troubling study released by The Journal of the American Medical Association found that only half of medications which are commonly prescribed to children contained information about pediatric use.  Although there has been an improvement since this issue was first researched in 1975, when only 22% of medication was properly labeled, the current ratio of pediatric information is still woefully inadequate.  The researchers are calling for legislation that would require additional information be added to drug labels.

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