Just Say "Know" to Prescription Drugs Month Ends as Campaign Expands and Accelerates; Coalition Organizers Set up for On-Going Grassroots Activism
The Just Say "Know" to Prescription Drugs Campaign, aimed at getting one million people to stop and reevaluate the medications they are taking, celebrated the end of Just Say "Know" to Prescription Drugs month by announcing its plans to expand the campaign. The coalition's co-founders have agreed to fund a year-round effort to continue to get people to be proactive about "knowing" the potential side effects of their prescribed medications. The expanded campaign will include new online tools for supporters, an activist's tool kit, a blog, links to scientific research, relevant news articles and a forum.
New York, NY (PRWEB) November 10, 2006
Today the Just Say "Know" to Prescription Drugs Campaign, aimed at getting one million people to stop and reevaluate the medications they are taking, celebrated the end of Just Say "Know" to Prescription Drugs month by announcing its plans to expand the campaign. The coalition's co-founders have agreed to fund a year-round effort to continue to get people to be proactive about "knowing" the potential side effects of their prescribed medications. The expanded campaign will include new online tools for supporters, an activist's tool kit, a blog, links to scientific research, relevant news articles and a forum. The center piece of the campaign will continue to be getting one million people a month to download a form, list all of the medications they are taking and ask their doctor, pharmacist, psychiatrist or relevant healthcare provider to list the benefits, side effects and potential alternatives to each drug.
"We are thrilled by the response the Just Say 'Know' to Prescription Drugs campaign has received," said Dr. Greg Tefft, co-founder of the initiative and one of the financial sponsors of the expanded campaign. "In just about 30 days over 200,000 people responded to our initiative. To put this in perspective, the 1963 march on Washington which profoundly changed the direction of this country took over a year to plan and attracted 250,000 people. We are expanding the campaign because the response we have received clearly demonstrates that we have struck a chord, " said Tefft.
The campaign has attracted support from a broad cross section of people including, influential professionals, medical doctors, pharmacists, psychiatrists, psychologists, lawyers, actors, film makers, producers and concerned citizens from 121 countries around the world. The going forward plan is focused on taking the message direct to consumers via sympathetic social networks.
"I began the campaign by saying that Informed consent in the prescription of drugs is one of the most critical but missing pieces in the healthcare system today," said Dr. Dominick Riccio, psychologist, Executive Director of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, Inc, and chairman of the "Just Say Know" Campaign. "We've touched over 200,000 lives. But every day, millions of intelligent people are still taking prescription drugs that they simply don't understand and the consequences of not knowing are increasingly dire," said Riccio.
Organizations and individuals who want to participate in the campaign may go to any of the following Web sites, look for the Just Say "Know" to Prescription Drugs logo, and download the sheet titled "Take This Form and Sign It." Instructions are provided on each form.
Laurence Simon Ph. D.
Psych Truth. Org
Www. psychtruth. org/justsayknow. htm (http://www. psychtruth. org/justsayknow. htm )
Dr. Greg Tefft
KPNC Radio
Http://www. kpncradio. com (http://www. kpncradio. com)
Kelly Bradley
What's Wrong With This Picture
Http://racingthoughts. blog. ca (http://racingthoughts. blog. ca)
Kathleen Slattery-Moshkau
Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety
Http://www. mo-info. com/wordpress/index. php (http://www. mo-info. com/wordpress/index. php)
Dr. Donald Ardell
Http://www. seekwellness. com/wellness/ (http://www. seekwellness. com/wellness/)
Dr. Michael Siebert
Http://drmichaelsiebert. com/news. html (http://drmichaelsiebert. com/news. html)
Dr. David Randle
Global Healing
Http://www. globalhealing. net/partners. html (http://www. globalhealing. net/partners. html)
Dr. Pamela Frank
Forces of Nature
Http://www. forcesofnature. ca/news. htm (http://www. forcesofnature. ca/news. htm)
Jim Manganiello, Ed. D.
MESICS Fitness
Http://www. mesicsfitness. com/jsn-news. htm (http://www. mesicsfitness. com/jsn-news. htm)
For more information email us, visit www. psychtruth. org/justsayknow. htm (http://www. psychtruth. org/justsayknow. htm )
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