Our Daily Meds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Our Daily Meds write by Melody Petersen. This book was released on 2010-07-01. Our Daily Meds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the last thirty years, the big pharmaceutical companies have transformed themselves into marketing machines selling dangerous medicines as if they were Coca-Cola or Cadillacs. They pitch drugs with video games and soft cuddly toys for children; promote them in churches and subways, at NASCAR races and state fairs. They've become experts at promoting fear of disease, just so they can sell us hope. No question: drugs can save lives. But the relentless marketing that has enriched corporate executives and sent stock prices soaring has come with a dark side. Prescription pills taken as directed by physicians are estimated to kill one American every five minutes. And that figure doesn't reflect the damage done as the overmedicated take to the roads. Our Daily Meds connects the dots for the first time to show how corporate salesmanship has triumphed over science inside the biggest pharmaceutical companies and, in turn, how this promotion driven industry has taken over the practice of medicine and is changing American life. It is an ageless story of the battle between good and evil, with potentially life-changing consequences for everyone, not just the 65 percent of Americans who unscrew a prescription cap every day. An industry with the promise to help so many is now leaving a legacy of needless harm.
Our Daily Meds
Our Daily Meds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Our Daily Meds write by Melody Petersen. This book was released on 2008. Our Daily Meds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Our Daily Meds" shows how corporate salesmanship has triumphed over science inside the biggest pharmaceutical companies and, in turn, how this promotion-driven industry has taken over the practice of medicine and is changing American life.
Drugs for Life
Drugs for Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Drugs for Life write by Joseph Dumit. This book was released on 2012-09-03. Drugs for Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Challenges our understanding of health, risks, facts, and clinical trials [Payot]
Bad Pharma
Bad Pharma - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bad Pharma write by Ben Goldacre. This book was released on 2014-04. Bad Pharma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Originally published in 2012, revised edition published in 2013, by Fourth Estate, Great Britain; Published in the United States in 2012, revised edition also, by Faber and Faber, Inc.
Bottle of Lies
Bottle of Lies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bottle of Lies write by Katherine Eban. This book was released on 2020-06-23. Bottle of Lies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019 New York Public Library Best Books of 2019 Kirkus Reviews Best Health and Science Books of 2019 Science Friday Best Books of 2019 New postscript by the author From an award-winning journalist, an explosive narrative investigation of the generic drug boom that reveals fraud and life-threatening dangers on a global scale—The Jungle for pharmaceuticals Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health developments of the twenty-first century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas. We have been reassured by our doctors, our pharmacists and our regulators that generic drugs are identical to their brand-name counterparts, just less expensive. But is this really true? Katherine Eban’s Bottle of Lies exposes the deceit behind generic-drug manufacturing—and the attendant risks for global health. Drawing on exclusive accounts from whistleblowers and regulators, as well as thousands of pages of confidential FDA documents, Eban reveals an industry where fraud is rampant, companies routinely falsify data, and executives circumvent almost every principle of safe manufacturing to minimize cost and maximize profit, confident in their ability to fool inspectors. Meanwhile, patients unwittingly consume medicine with unpredictable and dangerous effects. The story of generic drugs is truly global. It connects middle America to China, India, sub-Saharan Africa and Brazil, and represents the ultimate litmus test of globalization: what are the risks of moving drug manufacturing offshore, and are they worth the savings? A decade-long investigation with international sweep, high-stakes brinkmanship and big money at its core, Bottle of Lies reveals how the world’s greatest public-health innovation has become one of its most astonishing swindles.
