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A conference on "The Real Risks of Prescription Drugs" will be held in Washington, D.C. on 11-12 June 2015

Organised by the non-profit group PharmedOut, the conference will include discussions on "Deprescribing", "Misuse of antipsychotic drugs" and a variety of related topics.

PharmedOut is a Georgetown University Medical Center project, directed by Adriane Fugh-Berman MD,  that promotes rational prescribing and exposes unethical pharmaceutical marketing tactics.

PharmedOut's fifth conference, “The Real Risks of Prescription Drugs” will be held 11-12 June 2015 at Georgetown University (Lohrfink Auditorium) in Washington D.C.

Topics for the 2015 conference include:

  • The rising cost of drugs
  • Polypharmacy in elders
  • Deprescribing
  • Industry influence on clinical guidelines
  • Misuse of antipsychotic drugs
  • The intimidation of researchers, and many other topics.

Speakers include:

  • Carolyn Clancy, MD (Veterans Administration; former director,
    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
  • Lisa Cosgrove, PhD (Harvard University)
  • Tom Finucane, MD (Johns Hopkins University) 
  • John Powers MD (George Washington University)
  • Louis Jacques MD
  • Sharon Levine MD (Kaiser-Permanente)
  • Thomas Moore (George Washington University)

For details and to register: > www.pharmedout.org

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