An edition of Over dose
(2004)
Over dose
the case against the drug companies : prescription drugs, side effects, and your health
by Jay S. Cohen
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A leading medical researcher shows how Americans are routinely overmedicated--resulting in millions of avoidable side effects--and tells consumers how they can protect their health and the health of their loved ones from the potential dangers of taking too many drugs.
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Drugs, Pharmaceutical industry, Side effects, Drugs, side effects| Edition | Availability |
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Over dose: the case against the drug companies : prescription drugs, side effects, and your health
2004, Jeremy P Tarcher/Putnam
in English
158542370X 9781585423705
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Table of Contents
Race to the bottom
How drug-company policies harm people
How drug-company policies cause problems for 50 to 75 percent of patients taking Prozac
When new drugs are approved, the experiment is just beginning, and you may be part of it: Viagra
How drug-company policies harm women
Why 50 to 75 percent of people quit taking their cholesterol-lowering medications
Why 50-75 percent of people quit taking their medications for high blood pressure
Why seniors are at the greatest risk
How the drug companies slant drug research, limit information to doctors and consumers, and secure high profits
What the drug companies must do to reverse the side-effect epidemic-but will they?
What's wrong with the FDA? And what can be done about it?
What the FDA shouldn't do: why we need an independent medication safety monitoring system
Doctors, drugs, and patients
How to avoid side effects and use medications safely.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-308) and index.
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