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Article: GPs `failing to report drug side-effects'
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 15, 2001
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THE PUBLIC's health is being put at risk because GPs are failing
to report the dangerous side effects of new drugs.
A study which criticises the yellow card system - used by doctors
to detail serious side effects - calls for patients to be allowed to
bypass GPs and pharmacists and report the health effects themselves
to the Medicines Control Agency.
The claim that doctors are not forwarding the data comes amid
concerns that tens of thousands of people are admitted to hospital
each year suffering adverse drug reactions. The study, by the
Consumers' Association, accuses doctors of "gross under-reporting" of
problematic pills to the MCA, the government body that ensures drugs
safety.
Many ...