Information Pamphlet: Health Canada

Health Canada: In June, Health Canada launched its Plain Language Labelling Initiative , and its public consultation process has just concluded. The purpose is to improve the safe use of drugs by making drug labels, and the accompanying safety information, easy to read and understand. The problem is acute, according to The Star. Have you ever pulled out the information pamphlet for Tylenol? You flip the package this way and that in search of the information but when you do find it, who can understand it and The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words. So said Hippocrates , the Greek physician from the 4th century B.C. and father of Western medicine. As a medical practitioner, Hippocrates knew what he was talking about. Now, 2,400 years later, Canada is coming on board. Do you know what a product insert is? Thats the pamphlet that comes with many drugs you buy. It explains what the drug is, what its supposed to do, and possible side effects. But its written in a long and wordy way. Its also printed in a small, hard-to-read font in black and white, with few headings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.