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Information about Medicine Safety

Medicines have both benefits and risks. To make informed decisions about your health, it’s essential to use information provided by your healthcare professional and other trusted sources to evaluate the benefits and risks of medicines. Amgen is offering this resource to help people become better informed about medicine safety. In the pages that follow, you will find two types of information: a look at science, processes and steps used to make medicines safer and protect patients and practical advice on using medicines safely. 

The Science of Medicine Safety

What Causes Side Effects? Safety Testing Drug Approval Decisions Safety Issues with Approved Medicines

What Causes
Side Effects?
Safety Testing
Drug Approval Decisions
Safety Concerns with Approved Medicines
 

A Patient's Guide to Medicine Safety

Finding Good Safety Information Weighing Benefits and Risks Gallery: 10 Common Risks When Side Effects Occur Additional Resources

Finding Good
Safety Information
Weighing Benefits
and Risks
Gallery:
10 Common Risks
When Side
Effects Occur
Additional
Resources
 

U.S. Residents

For information about known risks and benefits of specific Amgen products, please visit our U.S. product websites to review prescribing information, including important safety information.

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