Free Drug Samples Carry Risks For Children; First Of Its Kind Study Finds Safety Concerns In Frequently Distributed Samples, Cambridge Health Alliance And Hasbro Children's Hospital Study
EurekAlert! -- Cambridge, MA...Free prescription drug samples distributed to children may be unsafe, according to a study by physicians from Cambridge Health Alliance and Hasbro Children's Hospital. The national study, the first to look at free drug sample use among children, appears in the October 2008 issue of Pediatrics.