06/05/2026
Do you trust your patients to thoroughly read their prescription medication labels? A survey of 600 U.S. adults found that nearly half of the respondents have exceeded the recommended dosage for a prescription at least once. "Perhaps most striking: only about one in three Americans has ever heard of an FDA black box warning. The most serious safety alert in our regulatory system is largely invisible to the people it's meant to protect," according to Medical Economics. Be sure to read the full survey findings at: https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/how-many-patients-actually-read-their-drug-labels-?slide=1