Wendy Dolin (Founder) and Kim Witczak (Advisor to Board of MISSD Directors) attended PharmedOut’s 5th Conference: The Real Risk of RX Drugs June 11-12, 2015, at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC. PharmedOut is a Georgetown University Medical Center project that advances evidence-based prescribing and educates healthcare professionals about pharmaceutical marketing practices and current topics of importance in the medical field.
Such great thought-provoking discussions yesterday at the Naomi Ruth Cohen Conference as we provided information and raised awareness about possible side effects of medications and shared our knowledge about akathisia with others. We had the wonderful opportunity to meet such amazing professionals who were eager to hear what we had to say and become involved in our organization!
Wendy Dolin, (founder) was asked to participate in the June 2014 National Center For Health Research Conference in Washington, DC. The objective for this workshop (which was led by 10 patient and consumer advocates) is to learn about the scientific evidence perspectives that the FDA then considers when making decisions to approve or recall a medical product. Wendy Dolin was one of the participants on this panel.
Below are some excerpts from an article summarizing the conference, with MISSD founder Wendy Dolin featured in one of the photos:
Pfizer has recently presented Chantix to the FDA in efforts to remove the black box warning (although side effects of this drug are very serious and have lead to suicidal behavior). Chantix did NOT lose the black box warning, but here is a powerful video discussing some of the side effects of this drug.
“Experts said the hope is to eventually be able to predict which people with depression are likely to benefit from a drug — and which people would fare better with a different option.”
-Norton, A.; HealthDay News 9/18/2014
September marks Suicide Awareness Month and the MISSD Team will once again be participating in the Out of the Darkness Chicago Walk, put on by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)! The walk will take place at Grant Park on Saturday, September 20th, 2014! We are looking forward to raising more awareness about our organization and supporting other suicide prevention related organizations. For more information about this walk, you can visit http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=2579.
On May 27, 2014, MISSD founder Wendy Dolin was featured on NBC Chicago, discussing akathisia and generic drugs:
Another video from Fox News reported Douglas Kennedy discussing the over-medicating of returning war vets.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70h_UhuKIw