The Food and Drug Administration has information for older people about medicines, safety, and ways to lower medicine costs on its website at www.fda.gov [1].

Some booklets can be ordered by calling the FDA toll-free at 1-888-463-6332, or writing to:

Food and Drug Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857

For the free booklet, Talking With Your Doctor: A Guide for Older People, call the National Institute on Aging Information Center toll-free at 1-800-222-2225 or go to www.nia.nih.gov/health [2] and click on Publications.

The toll-free TTY line for people who are deaf is 1-800-222-4225.