How to Track Post-Market Drug Safety

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Painkillers--the most expensive group of drugs in workers' comp--often also have safety issues to be sure, even post-market safety issues. (Ask Merck why they've been sued by a few thousand people.) The FDA provides the Postmarket Drug Safety Information for Patients and Providers Web site to keep track of what drug is endangering what.

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December 1, 2008



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