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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avorn, Jerry, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pharmaceutical industry--United States.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Prescription pricing--United States.

Prescription pricing.

Drugs--Prescribing--United States.

Drugs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 498 pages.)

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.

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

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781668052853

1668052857

Publisher Number:

40032765107

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.