There are Recent Regulations about the Black Box Warnings for Prescription Drugs. What are these about?
Black box warnings on prescription medications are required by the Food and Drug Administration and provide physicians and pharmacists with the strongest warnings about life-threatening and adverse effects of the drugs. New federal regulations require drug companies to provide clearer information about drug risks on these black box warnings. However, a hidden effect is that drug companies are “off the hook” if one of their drugs causes harm or even death, because the responsibility has fallen onto the physician or pharmacist. LISTEN.
