title: Regulatory decisions and consumers.
abstract: Consumers expect regulatory authorities to evaluate the risks and benefits of non-narcotic analgesics both before marketing and throughout their marketing life. In making their evaluation, regulatory authorities attempt to ensure that before a product is marketed it is of satisfactory quality, is efficacious, tested for likely toxicological hazards and that prescribers are provided with appropriate, objective information. After marketing of a drug, regulatory authorities use spontaneous adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting systems as their principal monitoring technique and use the data collected to help identify risk factors for human toxicity.
mesh_terms: D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D011358:Product Surveillance, Postmarketing