UPDATED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2008

FDA Rule on Providing Patients With Toll-Free Number to Report Adverse Drug Effects Is In Effect. Effective January 1, 2008, pharmacists are required to distribute with all prescriptions information alerting patients that they may call a toll-free telephone number to report adverse drug effects to the FDA. The final rule provides a number of ways by which this requirement can be accomplished. The text of the rule may be found here.