Video: Science’s Viral Misinformation

By Judith Garber | June 15, 2020

In case you missed the Future Tense conversation with Lown Institute VP Shannon Brownlee and investigative journalist Jeanne Lenzer on pandemic misinformation, the video recording is now available! The event was hosted by New America and the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes at Arizona State University.

Shannon and Jeanne discuss roller coaster of findings on hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir, and how history appears to be repeating itself when it comes to using unproven drugs in a pandemic. Watch the video below for more:

To eliminate medication overload, serious cultural, educational, and policy changes are needed. This action plan offers recommendations for policymakers, health care institutions, clinicians, and patients across five key categories to reduce harm from multiple medication use. Suggested Citation: Eliminating medication overload: A national action plan. Working Group on Medication Overload. Brookline, MA: The Lown Institute, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46241/LI.YLBW4885

Pharmaceutical marketing is a significant factor in the growing public health crisis of medication overload, which puts millions of older adults at risk of preventable harm and premature death. This issue brief provides recommendations to reduce pharmaceutical industry influence by limiting pharma sales rep visits to clinicians and direct-to-consumer advertising.

This issue brief provides recommendations for clinical practice guidelines and electronic health records that would give clinicians the information they need to appropriately prescribe and deprescribe.