Rethinking medications : truth, power, and the drugs you take / Jerry Avorn, MD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avorn, Jerry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pharmaceutical industry--United States.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Prescription pricing--United States.

Prescription pricing.

Drugs--Prescribing--United States.

Drugs.

Drug Industry--economics.

Drug Prescriptions--economics.

Prescription Fees.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Drug Industry--economics.

Drug Prescriptions--economics.

Prescription Fees.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 498 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.

Summary:

"Groundbreaking research has given us many remarkable new medicines, but America's drug evaluation process, once the envy of the world, is being seriously compromised. Under pressure from drugmakers, the FDA has been lowering its approval standards and has let poorly effective or risky products enter the market--while our prescription prices, the highest in the world, put crucial treatments beyond the reach of many. In Rethinking Medications, Dr. Jerry Avorn explains how we got here and what we can do to ensure that our medicines are dependably effective, safe, and affordable"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: A friend of the court

Part one: Does it work?. How do we know? ; Decision-making and dementia ; Lowering the bar ; Standards that matter to patients

Part two: Is it safe?. How do we find out about drug risks? ; Downfall of a giant ; Texas hold'em ; The label as protective talisman ; A new era of reform

Part three: What should it cost?. The price of a wonder drug ; Giving it all away ; A license to print money ; Old whines in new battles ; Conflicted interests ; Making medicines affordable

Part four: Spreading the word. A failure to communicate ; Shaping the prescribers of tomorrow ; Better signals

Part five: Mind-altering examples. Acid reflux: the death and rebirth of psychedelics ; Pain, killers

Part six. Empowering the patient. You can't get medicines if you can't get health care

Epilogue: Healing the wounds

Appendix A: Resources for consumers

Appendix B: A note to health-care professionals and trainees

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-478) and index.

ISBN:

9781668052846

1668052849

OCLC:

1514912035

Publisher Number:

90101868694