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A 1999 Journal of the American Medical Association reported that 100,000 Americans die every year of adverse reactions to prescription drugs.

20 million patients, almost 10% of the U.S. population, were exposed to five drug recalls between September 1997 to September 1998.

Adverse drug reactions are the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S.

20% of new drugs will be issued drug recalls or will be required to include additional safety warnings over a 25-year period.
–Based on authors of the JAMA study

New studies show that one in five drugs will have serious side effects after FDA approval.

The FDA's adverse-event reporting system isn't mandatory so the agency depends on drug companies to voluntarily report worrisome side effects.

"It's like playing Russian roulette. Why risk the health of patients by using new drugs when there are older drugs we know more about?"
–Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Director of Public Citizen"

Drugs need to be more adequately studied before they are released onto the market, and drugs that are approved really should represent breakthrough drugs that are as well studied as they should be."
–Dr. Karen Lasser, researcher and primary care physician at Cambridge Hospital and Harvard Medical School

"Changing labels is not going to solve the problem. The problem is that unsafe drugs are being approved and being widely released into the market."
–Dr. Karen Lasser, researcher and primary care physician at Cambridge Hospital and Harvard Medical School"

Our surveillance system of drugs once they are approved is extremely weak. It relies entirely on voluntary reports from physicians and we know that a large majority of even serious and fatal adverse events are never reported."
–Thomas Moore, health policy analyst at the Center for Health Service and Policy at George Washington University

"There is evidence that many drug advertisements are not balanced or accurate."
–Dr. Sidney Wolfe, Director of Public Citizen

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