AAPM&R is Watching MedWatch
MedWatch is the Safety Information and Adverse Event
Reporting Program sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration. It serves
both health care professionals and the public by reporting clinical
information about safety issues involving medical products, including
prescription and over-the-counter drugs, biologics, medical and
radiation-emitting devices, and special nutritional products (e.g., medical
foods, dietary supplements and infant formulas).
Medical product safety
alerts, recalls, withdrawals, and important labeling changes are quickly
disseminated to the medical community and the general public via the
MedWatch
Web site.
To see the latest reports, safety notifications, and
labeling changes, and an archive going back to 1996, visit the
MedWatch
Web site and select "Safety Information."
As a service to AAPM&R member physicians the Academy will
post PM&R-related MedWatch Notifications to this Web site. See the link(s) below
for the most recent PM&R-related alerts.
Physicians can also subscribe to the MedWatch E-list to
have electronic notices of safety information delivered directly to their
mailboxes. Click here for instructions.
MedWatch also allows health care professionals and
consumers to report serious problems that they suspect are associated with the
drugs and medical devices they prescribe, dispense, or use. Reporting can be
done online, by phone, or by submitting the MedWatch reporting form by mail or
fax. The form can be printed off the MedWatch Web site.
PM&R Related MedWatch Notifications:
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