“The costs must include writing patient information at 5th grade levels.”
You’re being overly charitable.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/ProductAlert/Prescriptions/15639
40% of the Docs prescribing drugs are also too lazy or stupid to read the label.
This was a question about what they knew at the time, not whether they could or would read the label. I had no clue about valproic acid. But I haven’t treated mania in 20 years. I’d look it up when and if I needed it.