Consumer medication guides.

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes consumer guides to encourage safe and appropriate use of both nonprescription and prescription drugs by patients. Clinicians should know what information their patients receive, especially from credible sources such as the FDA. These consumer guides are available on the FDA consumer Web site: http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers . The current consumer guides on Safe Use of Pain Medicine and on Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drugs are presented.