http://www.fda.gov/cder/dsm/POL/pol-004.htm
Baron Carter
-----Original Message-----
From: James R. Frysinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 21 December, 2000 08:16
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:9926] Re: MG on Rx labels
This is a result of requirements by the FDA. I posted the citation here
some time ago but don't see a copy handy in my files. It can be found
via the FDA website. Who says that the agency responsible for our
prescription drugs is not up to date!
Jim
Harry Wyeth wrote:
>
> Someone mentioned something about erroneous capitalizations on some kind
of
> labels (GM or GR or some such). I recently noticed that on a number of
> prescription labels we have the ingredients are listed as xxx MG, not mg.
> Seems to be common, and the labels are on pill bottles from a number of
> different pharmacies.
>
> Is this as common as it appears? The labels appear be be generated by
some
> sort of computer or word-processing program. Is this a product of the
> pharmaceutical profession in the US?
>
> HARRY WYETH
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