Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is discussing legislation that could possibly change the way that pharmaceutical companies will be allowed to advertise prescription drugs.

According to the legislation, the FDA would require that all pharmaceutical companies include a toll-free number in their advertisements that would allow patients to report adverse side effects to the medication.

Certain lawmakers believe that the heavy amount of advertising being done by pharmaceutical companies is encouraging the over-prescribing of medication by doctors.

Last fall, the FDA passed legislation that requires all print advertisements to have a toll-free number included.

Defective drug attorneys are working on cases in which serious adverse side effects have resulted due to negligence on the part of medical staff or pharmaceutical companies.

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