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Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health
by Bremner, J. Douglas
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1583332952
- ISBN 13
- 9781583332955
- Seller
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Avery Trade, 2008. Wraps have only light wear, spine unbent. Pages are clean, text is unmarked.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
A medical expert reveals risks of the most commonly prescribed drugs-and why the drug industry doesn't want consumers to know about them. Recent scandals involving diabetes drugs, Vioxx, and many other medications reveal the serious and undisclosed risks of some of the most commonly used prescription drugs in this country. In Before You Take That Pill , Dr. J. Douglas Bremner, a researcher and clinician at Emory University whose study on Accutane and depression made headlines, offers an inside look at the pharmaceutical industry, as well as a scientifically backed assessment of the risks of more than three hundred prescribed medications, vitamins, and supplements. While many drugs are essential to the health of consumers, as Dr. Bremner explains, for many people, the benefits may not outweigh the potential side effects. This book contains warnings that are not on the drug labels. It also exposes tricks of the trade that demonstrate how the profit-making interests of "big pharma" may not always be in line with the safety of the public - from the corruption that exists in the drug approval process to the tactics drug companies use to encourage doctors to prescribe their products. Most important, Before You Take That Pill empowers readers by giving them sound information on specific medications so they can understand and weigh the potential risk themselves. Backed by the latest studies, as well as insight from a doctor who is in the trenches, this book should be on the shelf of every drug consumer.
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- Top Notch books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017203A
- Title
- Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health
- Author
- Bremner, J. Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1583332952
- ISBN 13
- 9781583332955
- Publisher
- Avery Trade
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Medication Health
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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