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‘Side effect’ label on meds urged

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THE Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should mandate drug companies to plaster warnings informing of possible side effects on the medical products they sell, a congressman said on Sunday.

“If cigarettes… have such labels, then it is only right that all medicinal products, especially those we ingest or inject into our bodies, should also have warning labels about adverse side effects,” Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace S. Barbers said in a statement.

He said he’s willing to draft a bill requiring drug manufacturers to affix side effect warnings on medicines if the FDA has no compelling authority over them.

Mr. Barbers’ call for transparency about possible adverse medical events comes after he received concerns that prolonged use of some maintenance medication has led to further illness. — Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio

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