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What is an FDA Drug Safety Communication?
FDA uses Drug Safety Communications to let health care providers, patients, and consumers know about newly observed potential risks of FDA-approved drugs and to offer advice as to how these drugs may best be used in light of this new information. For more information, visit our Drug Safety Communications page.
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