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050 00 $aRM302.5$b.C64 2001
060 00 $a2001 N-500
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100 1 $aCohen, Jay S.
245 10 $aOver dose :$bthe case against the drug companies : prescription drugs, side effects, and your health /$cJay S. Cohen.
260 $aNew York :$bJeremy P Tarcher/Putnam,$cc2001.
300 $axiv, 318 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-308) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aDrugs$xSide effects.
650 0 $aPharmaceutical industry.
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