Hello to the group. New Side Effect Wiki launched

I would like to take a moment to share with you a new web
application
that is currently in development. This application is in its
first
stages and can be found at

http://www.unburdenus.com

Please take a moment to read through the following details
about the
application.

Our mission: To allow anyone anywhere to share and compare
information
on side effects from medication for free.

How we plan on accomplishing this:

A wiki has been setup that anyone can contribute side
effects and side
effects related information to. We encourage people to
contribute the
following information.

Side Effects: If you have ever experienced a side effect
from
medication you are asked to share your experience or enhance
a
description already provided. Also we are attempting to
include dosage
information and medications associated with the side effects
on the
side effects page.

Medication: We also would like to compile as much
information as
possible on medications regardless of whether they are Over
the
Counter or Prescription Medication. We realize this
information is
posted elsewhere, however having this information in our
wiki will
allow us to access it directly through the second part of
our
application.

Note: Medications also apply to herbs and other natural
treatments.

Symptoms: If a Side Effect is also experienced as a symptom
please
create a symptoms page.

Illness/Disease: Descriptions of Illnesses and Diseases, and
the
medications and symptoms associated with them.

Phase two of the application will provide the following
features
separate from the wiki.

Extensive forms where users will provide Anonymous
information about
themselves the illness(es) they are living with, the
medication(s)
they are taking and the side effects(s) associated with
those
medications.

Once the user has completed a profile the data provided by
them will
then be compiled with the data provided by other users and
attached to
the entry for that side effect on the wiki.

This way we will have a definition of the side effect on the
wiki
described in a way that makes sense to people who live with
this side
effect each day. In addition to this at the bottom of this
side effect
description  will be compiled statistics on a global scale
of people
who live with this side effect.  An example of the data at
the bottom
of the wiki will is displayed here as an example:

Number of users worldwide who experience this side effect:
500,000

Breakdown by Race: x percentage of a particular race
experience this
side effect.

Breakdown by sex: x number of males experience this. X
number of
females experience this.

Other special factors will be defined in the wiki as well if
requested
by research or medical institutions.

As a service to the patients themselves, we will provide
them with the
capability in the second part of the application to print
out a much
more detailed report than what will be provided on the wiki.
The goal
of this report is to give them much more descriptive data
and trends
that they can share with their doctor, and the report will
be
available to them Once they complete a profile.

My goal and objective in creating this application is to
allow us as
individuals who experience side effects to use the
capabilities of the
internet to pool our information together in a way that
allows us to
hopefully make a difference in each others lives by bringing
this data
together in one central location which can then be viewed by
patients
and doctors together and acted upon.

In closing, remember the success of this site is based upon
individual
contribution on a global scale. If you are on meds I hope
you will be
encouraged to do your part, and that through this we can
make a
positive contribution to the lives of others.

Best regards,

Dave Carpenter

Founder and Chief Concept Architect
UnburdenUs.com


Please share this with anyone you know who is on meds


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