NEWS> A Study of Drug Reporting in Canadian Newspapers
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- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:35:11 -0500
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:48:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
This study may be of interest to some of the members of this discussion
group. A detailed decription of the report has been posted to the
MediaMentor discussion group which has public archives on the Yahoo Groups
server. The summary may be viewed at this URL:
From: "George(s) Lessard "
Date: Mon Apr 28, 2003 9:43 pm
Subject: Drugs in the News, study/ Canadian Medical Association Journal's
article "Drugs in the News: How well do Canadian newspapers report the
good, the bad and the ugly of new prescription drugs?"
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mediamentor/message/11717>
Newspapers highlight benefits of new drugs, ignore risks Consumers
aren't getting balanced information about new prescription drugs,
says CCPA
(Vancouver) The information Canadians get on new prescription
drugs from a major and trusted source of information - daily
newspapers - is incomplete and may promote unrealistic
expectations about the benefits of new drugs. This is the troubling
finding of a study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives. The first of its kind in Canada, the study examines
stories in Canada's 24 largest daily newspapers about five major
prescriptions drugs launched in recent years.
"Canadians are bombarded daily by media stories about new
medicines," says Alan Cassels, a CCPA research associate and the
study's lead author. "When we as consumers, doctors or policy
makers pick up the morning paper to get the lowdown on the latest
breakthrough drug, it is absolutely critical that we get a balanced and
complete picture. Unfortunately, the quality of information provided in
news reports is often poor."
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The full report summary and a handy list of URLs for independent sources
of drug information may be found at the MediaMentor URL above.
Handy List of Independent Sources of Drug Information
Australian Prescriber
http://www.australianprescriber.com
tel: 61 (2) 6289-7038 fax: 61 (2) 6289-8641
CMA Infobase (guidelines)
http://www.cma.ca/cpgs
tel: 1 (800) 663-7336 fax: 1 (613) 565-2382
British National Formulary
http://www.bnf.vhn.net/home
Cochrane Library
http://www.cochranelibrary.com
tel: 1 (888) 855-2555 fax: 1 (613) 236-8864
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
http://www.which.net/health/dtb/main.html
tel: 44 (20) 7770-7571 fax: 44 (20) 7770-7665
Drugs of Choice
http://www.cma.ca/catalog/252.htm
tel: 1 (888) 855-2555 fax: 1 (613) 236-8864
Food and Drug Administration (USA)
http://www.fda.gov/cder
Medical Letter
http://www.medletter.com
tel: 1 (800) 211-2769 fax: 1 (914) 632-1733
Prescrire International
http://www.esculape.com/prescrire
tel: 33 (1) 492-372-65 fax: 33 (1) 480-787-32
Therapeutics Letter
http://www.ti.ubc.ca/pages/letter.html
tel: 1 (604) 822-0700 fax: 1 (604) 822-0701
Therapeutic Choices
http://www.cdnpharm.ca
tel: 1 (800) 917-9489 fax: 1 (613) 523-0445
Worst Pills, Best Pills
http://www.citizen.org/hrg
tel: 1 (202) 588-1000 fax: 1 (202) 588-7798
Source: Therapeutics Initiative (based at the University of British
Columba). "Sources of Drug Therapy Information." Therapeutics
Letter,
Issue 35, May / June 2000. http://www.ti.ubc.ca/pages/letter35.htm
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The full report may be found at this URL and read if you have an Adobe
Acrobat reader housed on your compter:
<http://www.policyalternatives.ca/>
Also a major health care reform study is pending in Canada according to an
article from Lancet published about six months ago.
Author: Kondro, Wayne
Title: Canada waits for "grandaddy" of health-reform studies
Source: Lancet 360, no. 9343 (Nov 2, 2002): p. 1404
Sincerely,
David Dillard Research Librarian
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ECP RingLeader
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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