The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is developing a new framework to provide patients with quality, up-to-date prescription product information that will promote the safe use of prescribed medication. The goal of this new Patient Medication Information is to provide patient-oriented information for each prescription product. Described in this article are the efforts of the FDA to help ensure that patients receive essential prescription medication information.
Keywords: consumer information; consumer information handout; drug information services; drug labeling; patient education handout; pharmaceutical preparations.