Worst Pills, Best Pills A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or Illness

Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D., is Director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group in Washington, D.C., a consumer lobbying group that he cofounded with Ralph Nader in 1971. His previous bestsellers include Pills That Don't Work and Over-the-Counter Pills That Don't Work. Larry D. Sasich, Pharm.D., M.P.H., FASHP, is a research analyst with Public Citizen's Health Research Group in Washington, D.C. He has experience in community and hospital pharmacy and in pharmacy education. Dr. Sasich has a long-standing interest in the dissemination of objective drug information to both health professionals and the public. Peter Lurie, M.D., M.P.H., is Deputy Director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group. During his academic career, he wrote about needle exchange programs, ethical aspects of mother-to-infant HIV transmission studies, and HIV vaccine trials in developing countries. At Public Citizen, he has been involved in efforts to ban or relabel multiple drugs and has petitioned to ban certain unsafe medical needles and candles with lead wicks, to reduce worker exposure to beryllium, and to reduce medical resident work hours. Rose-Ellen Hope, R.Ph., a graduate of Oregon State University College of Pharmacy, currently coordinates drug utilization review for Oregon Medicaid. During her career, she has managed hospital pharmacies in Colorado and Washington State and served as consultant pharmacist for nursing homes in Oregon. Her efforts for consumers include work with Public Citizen and Health Action International. Elizabeth Barbehenn, Ph.D., is a researcher for Public Citizen's Health Research Group. After getting her degree in biochemical pharmacology, she worked for ten years in biochemical research at the National Institutes of Health, followed by thirteen years as a toxicologist/pharmacologist at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At Public Citizen, she has continued her work on analyzing the toxicity of drugs. Deanne E. Knapp, Ph.D., retired from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2001, where she worked on postmarketing adverse drug reaction surveillance. At Public Citizen's Health Research Group, she is working on the various aspects of postmarketing adverse drug reaction information. Amer Kasim Ardati, M.D., recently graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School. He spent nine months at the Health Research Group between his second and third years of medical school working on a petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the dangerous dietary supplement ephedra, among other projects. He is currently pursuing a residency in internal medicine at the Duke University Medical Center. Sherri Shubin, M.D., M.P.H., is a graduate of Oberlin College and the Temple University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Maryland, and a master of public health and a preventive medicine residency at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. She is currently a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Diana B. Ku, Pharm.D., is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and has recently completed a drug information practice residency at the University of Maryland Drug Information Center. She is currently a community pharmacist. Public Citizen's Health Research Group is a nonprofit membership organization in Washington, D.C., dedicated to advancing consumer rights through lobbying, litigation, research, publications, and information services. Since its founding in 1971, Public Citizen has fought for consumer rights in the marketplace, for safe and secure health care, for fair trade, for clean and safe energy sources, and for corporate and government accountability. To retain its independence, Public Citizen does not accept government, professional association, or corporate funds.Wolfe, Sid M. is the author of 'Worst Pills, Best Pills A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or Illness', published 2005 under ISBN 9780743492560 and ISBN 0743492560.