Monitoring the safety of over the counter drugs. We need a better way than spontaneous reports.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Widening consumer access to medicines through switching medicines to non-prescription: a six country comparison.PloS one · 2014
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2. Where to buy OTC medications? A cross-sectional survey investigating consumers' confidence in over-the-counter (OTC) skills and their attitudes towards the availability of OTC painkillers.BMJ open · 2013
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3. Characteristics of elderly patients who consider over-the-counter medications as safe.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2013
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4. The representation of risk in routine medical experience: what actions for contemporary health policy?PloS one · 2012
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5. Simple heuristics in over-the-counter drug choices: a new hint for medical education and practice.Advances in medical education and practice · 2011
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6. Safety of non-prescription medicines: knowledge and attitudes of Italian pharmacy customers.Pharmacy world & science : PWS · 2010
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7. Predicting and preventing adverse drug reactions in the very old.Drugs & aging · 2005
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8. Monitoring safety of over the counter drugs. Patients could do more than just treat themselves.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002
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Corrections and comments

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  Monitoring safety of over the counter drugs. Patients could do more than just treat themselves.2002
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  Monitoring safety of over the counter drugs. Over the counter medicines must be treated like all other medicines.2002

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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