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Dartmouth Doctors say Drug Labels Leave Out Essential Information

By Elaine Grant on Friday, October 30, 2009.

Two Dartmouth doctors argue that drug labels don’t tell you how well your medications work or how safe they really are.

Worse yet, they don’t tell your doctors everything they need to know.

A little-known piece of legislation based on their work is included in a Senate health care overhaul bill.

And as health reporter Elaine Grant has learned, that could eventually change the way the pharmaceutical industry labels drugs.