http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Despite U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations requiring generic medications to carry identical warnings to those on corresponding brand-name products, a study by Regenstrief Institute researchers has found that more than two-thirds of generic drugs have safety-warning labels that differ from the equivalent brand-name drug. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-regenstrief-drugs-incorrect-safety.html Medications Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:44:24 EST news274628656 (HealthDay) -- About half of medications used in children have little or no label information about drug effectiveness, safety or dosing in children, new research finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-meds-kids-adequate-safety-info.html Pediatrics Fri, 11 May 2012 10:50:01 EST news255948509 When pharmacies, doctors' offices and homes were destroyed by the tornado in Joplin, Mo., so were the medication records of many patients. Pharmacists who helped out report that many people could not recall the names of their prescription drugs or the dosages they were taking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-drug-prescriptions-users.html Medications Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:50:01 EST news228398682 The lists of potential side effects that accompany prescription drugs have ballooned in size, averaging 70 reactions per drug, a number that can overwhelm physicians trying to select suitable treatments for their patients, according to a new study of drug labels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-overload-drug-side-effect.html Medications Mon, 23 May 2011 16:30:43 EST news225387029 Today, the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) released its new position statement on the appropriate manner to reference diagnostic tests in drug labels. The association also met with officials from the United States Food and Drug Administration that participate in the effort to draft guidance documents for co-developed products and companion diagnostics to inform them of its new position statement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-amp-statement-diagnostics-drug.html Medications Mon, 16 May 2011 11:10:01 EST news224761676