With respect to its role in medical practice, the package insert is informational only.

Read the package insert before you use this medicine.

You get a new prescription, you run to the Web to read the package insert.

Further information about potential drug interactions can be found in the manufacturer's package insert.

The package insert provides more information about potential drug interactions.

You may see both of these names when looking at a package insert or reading information about the drug.

"The package insert is not a very user-friendly source of information for physicians."

More detail is included in the drug's package insert.

Still, the package inserts are written for doctors, in language that is above most patients' heads.

Some lay guides provide information that cannot be found on package inserts.