Informulary

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Informulary is a health research and information company.

Informulary publishes drug fact boxes.{{cite web |url= http://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/news/2014/dartmouth-faculty-form-new-venture-to-help-consumers-get-the-facts-on-prescription-drugs/ |title=Dartmouth Faculty Form New Venture to Help Consumers Get the Facts on Prescription Drugs |first=Matthew |last=Wiencke |work=geiselmed.dartmouth.edu |date=October 24, 2014 |accessdate=20 May 2015}} Consumers are one of the target audiences for these fact boxes.{{cite web |url= http://www.vnews.com/home/10438015-95/just-the-facts-please-doctors-start-company-to-improve-drug-information |title=Just the Facts, Please: Doctors Start Company to Improve Drug Information |first=Warren |last=Johnston |work=vnews.com |date=9 February 2014 |accessdate=20 May 2015}} The organization assumes that consumer choice is important in deciding when to take drugs.{{cite web |url= https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/07/25/333726737/how-well-does-a-drug-work-look-beyond-the-fine-print |title=How Well Does A Drug Work? Look Beyond The Fine Print : Shots |author=staff |work=All Things Considered |publisher=NPR |date=July 25, 2014 |accessdate=20 May 2015}}

Inforumulary was founded by Lisa Schwartz and Steven Woloshin, who are both professors at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

Woloshin and Schwartz have been criticized for their complaints about weight loss drugs.{{cite web |url= http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/829349 |title=Obesity Drug Safety Debate Escalates in Medical Journal |first=Miriam E. |last=Tucker |work=medscape.com |date=4 August 2014 |accessdate=20 May 2015}} Through Informulary, Woloshin and Schwartz have criticized antidepressant use.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/10/07/did-the-blockbuster-prozac-help-or-hurt-medicine/for-women-help-but-also-risk |title=For Women, Help but Also Risk |first1=Lisa |last1=Schwartz |first2=Steve |last2=Woloshin |work=The New York Times |date=October 7, 2014 |location=New York |issn=0362-4331 |accessdate=20 May 2015}}