Background The purpose of patient information leaflets (PILs) is to inform patients about the administration, precautions and potential side effects of their prescribed medication. Despite European ...

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) issued guidance Wednesday to aid industry in following best practices for patient implant cards and patient information leaflets. Medical device ...

Depending on your pharmacy for information on the side effects and potentially deadly interactions of prescription medications could be putting your life in jeopardy. More than 10,000 Americans die ...

The NHS's patient information leaflets are "inaccurate, inconsistent, and confusing – and effort is duplicated" argues GP Margaret McCartney on bmj.com. In a feature published today, Dr McCartney says ...

Statins do not cause most of the side effects listed in their package leaflets, including memory loss, depression, sleep disturbance, and erectile and sexual dysfunction, UK research has concluded. A ...

A Doctor has given BBC Morning Live viewers key questions they should ask their GP whenever they’re given a prescription.

Callum Metcalfe O'Shea advises how to manage a middle-aged male patient with hypertension who is refusing to take his ...

Dr Punam Krishan appeared on BBC Morning Live to share 11 essential questions patients should ask their GP about any new ...

The study was approved by the research ethics committee of the University of Witten/Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Out of 43 patients recruited by their GPs, 35 (9 women) agreed to ...