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Show Thursday, April f, THE HERALD, Provo, 198 PDAS uspeimds Drugs Info - WASHINGTON (UP!) The government said Wednesday it has suspended plans to provide patients with safety and health data on several pop- ular prescription drugs, a delay immediately challenged in court by three public interest groups. The Food and Drug Administration said plans to require informational inserts in the drug packages have been suspended pending a review under a presidential executive order that requires government regulations be studied for cost and effectiveness. The agency said no final decision has been made on the matter. Consumer activist Ralph Nader's Health Last Times Ttnieto USt S. Stota. torn. Research Group, the National Women's Health Network and the National Council of Senior Citizens challenged the move in federal court Wednesday The groups said the regulations were already finai and to suspend them violates the Administrative Procedures Act. The FDA said it has told manufacturers they will not have to meet a May 21 deadline for including patient brochures with three drugs propoxyphene, of which Darvon is the most popular brand cimetidine or Tagamet, an ulcer drug and clofibrate or Atromid-S- . a cholesterol-lowerindrug. In 1979 there were 24.9 million prescriptions written for Darvon, 9.7 million for cimetidine and $ million tor Atromids, according to Dr. Sidney Wolte, head of the Nader group. g Shtw7i30 374-M1- 1 03DI.1ARY PiOPLE Flat I "LITTLE DACLTCCS" And w- i CSCtlTS" Starring MARKHAMILL HARRISON FORD CAPA PTR CUSHING bitten and Directed by GOPG LUCAS SUGGESTED For F!SHR He said new FDA Commissioner Dr. Arthur Hayes will review the insert program as one of his first tasks when he assumes ofiice this month. Wolfe said the suspension "provides further evidence that the Department of Health and Human Services is more responsive to the interests of the drug industry than to the health needs of the American public. "The seriousness of the suspension . is demonstrated by the statement of former FDA Commisssioner J ere Goyan who has told me that he I Musicby GARY KURTZ JOHN WILLIAMS PRINTS tntofmonon an wtPQflodQ050pi DY w DE SMA TECHNICOLOR LUXE MM F FAM auD CoM 9ie06 . (IB jwMtiwiMi4itDiiwiiutn i MCtM'M.'DiMiMWOUCM lOOs J e Mcvca t &m'mtmmw iVyTCCnnlCQeOf Pigeons Serving Secret Missions (UPI) dents of Swiss cities vra & 2 ACAK3Y AWARtS INCIUUHG co.k:it TKXWOniiWL' GUINN6S5 Produced by PANAVSON iPGlftWBITttSUBMCt ecutive order." said. at. WMTMSNBS IPbim s Wolfe said a voluntary manufacturer's efforts to provide more information about Darvon has failed. Several other drugs are slated for brochures later on, including tranquilizers such as Valium. "No decision has been made on whether to proceed with the program," said FDA spokesman wayne Pines. 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