Model Package Inserts of OTC Traditional Chinese Medicines:Problems and Suggestions / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To standardize model package inserts of OTC traditional Chinese medicines(TCM).METHODS:4 341 model package inserts of OTC TCM retrieved from the website of State Food and Drug Administration(SFDA)were given a meta-analysis.RESULTS:Through an incomplete statistical analysis,7 major problems were found in the model package inserts,for example,the kinds of TCM that were of the same generic name were different in functions and indications.CONCLUSIONS:There are many problems in the model package inserts of OTC TCM,which call for the efforts of the concerned department to facilitate the standardization of the model package inserts of OTC TCM.