Missing Info on Drugs Can Hurt You
by Shannon on December 12, 2008
What You Don’t Know About a Drug Can Hurt You
Untold Numbers of Clinical-Trial Results Go Unpublished; Those That Are Made Public Can’t Always Be Believed
There’s a common assumption that when a drug makes it to market, it has run a rigorous gantlet of testing and proper disclosure. Testing, yes. Disclosure — not necessarily.
Findings from many clinical studies assessing prescription drugs never see light of day. That skews the basic scientific record that every patient, physician and researcher needs to judge whether treatments cause more harm than good. There is no easy way to discover… [Read Full Article]
After her husband received a double-lung (bilateral) transplant in 2004, Shannon founded the Angel Cove Organ Donation Awareness Shop, which provides awareness t-shirts and gifts products for transplant recipients, living organ donors and donor families - giving 100% of the profits to help heart and lung transplant recipients with medical costs. Shannon lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her wonderful husband and two chocolate Labrador Retrievers and can be found online on
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