Monitoring the safety of over the counter drugs. We need a better way than spontaneous reports
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- PMCID: PMC1121271
- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7315.706
Monitoring the safety of over the counter drugs. We need a better way than spontaneous reports
Comment in
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Monitoring safety of over the counter drugs. Patients could do more than just treat themselves.BMJ. 2002 Feb 16;324(7334):424-5. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 11850381 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Monitoring safety of over the counter drugs. Over the counter medicines must be treated like all other medicines.BMJ. 2002 Feb 16;324(7334):424-5. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 11855392 No abstract available.
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