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One information source used in the preparation of HealthFacts is The Therapeutics Initiative, which publishes a free online newsletter. This project was established in 1994 by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in cooperation with the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. According to this Web site, its purpose is "to provide physicians and pharmacists with up to date, evidence-based, practical information on rational drug therapy. The Initiative is an independent organization, which is at arms length from government, pharmaceutical industry and other vested interest groups."
Last Spring, two professors affiliated with this program began podcasting on the Therapeutics Initiative Web site (www.ti.ubc.ca). One of them, James McCormack, Pharm.D, who is with UBC's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is interviewed by Maryann Napoli, Center for Medical Consumers.
MN: Your podcasts are unique. There is no show that I know of in the mainstream U.S. media that draws upon the evidence the way you do to dispel myths about drug treatment. You are addressing primary care physicians, but there is much to be learned by anyone who takes drugs.
JM: Thank you. My co-host, Dr. Mike Allan, who is a great family doc at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and I have been doing these podcasts primarily because they are fun to do and hopefully the information is useful to the listeners.
MN: I'm going to touch on different subjects to give my readers an idea of the range of topics you address in...
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