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Bitter Pills : Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs by Stephen Fried (1999,
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Subject
- Historical
- Type
- World
- Year
- 2010
- Map View
- World
- ISBN
- 9780553378528
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
055337852X
ISBN-13
9780553378528
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6038594287
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bitter Pills : inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Reference, General, Government & Business
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
Body, Mind & Spirit, Fiction, Health & Fitness, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
22.5 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
97-048457
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Explosive." People " [ Bitter Pills ] could save your life." San Diego Union-Tribune "The best popular book I've read on the subject." The New York Times Book Review "Chilling...fascinating...poignant." Newsday "If you have concerns about drugs your family members have been prescribed or are taking over the counter, Bitter Pills will help make you a more informed consumer." Rocky Mountain News "One of the year's best books...startling...sobering." Philadelphia Inquirer "Absorbing...insightful...fascinating and often frightening." Kirkus Reviews, "Explosive." --People " [Bitter Pills] could save your life." --San Diego Union-Tribune "The best popular book I've read on the subject." --The New York Times Book Review "Chilling...fascinating...poignant." --Newsday "If you have concerns about drugs your family members have been prescribed or are taking over the counter, Bitter Pills will help make you a more informed consumer." --Rocky Mountain News "One of the year's best books...startling...sobering." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Absorbing...insightful...fascinating and often frightening." --Kirkus Reviews From the Trade Paperback edition., "Explosive."-People " [Bitter Pills] could save your life."-San Diego Union-Tribune "The best popular book I've read on the subject."-The New York Times Book Review "Chilling...fascinating...poignant."-Newsday "If you have concerns about drugs your family members have been prescribed or are taking over the counter,Bitter Pillswill help make you a more informed consumer."-Rocky Mountain News "One of the year's best books...startling...sobering."-Philadelphia Inquirer "Absorbing...insightful...fascinating and often frightening." -Kirkus Reviews, "Explosive."- People " [ Bitter Pills ] could save your life."- San Diego Union-Tribune "The best popular book I've read on the subject."- The New York Times Book Review "Chilling...fascinating...poignant."- Newsday "If you have concerns about drugs your family members have been prescribed or are taking over the counter, Bitter Pills will help make you a more informed consumer."- Rocky Mountain News "One of the year's best books...startling...sobering."- Philadelphia Inquirer "Absorbing...insightful...fascinating and often frightening." - Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Decimal
615.9
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
We take our medicines on faith. We assume our doctors are well-informed, our drug companies scrupulous, our FDA diligent--and our medications safe. All too often we're wrong. Just how wrong is documented in this critically acclaimed portrait of the international pharmaceutical industry by one of our most highly respected investigative journalists. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), adverse drug reactions are the fourth leading cause of death in America. Reactions to prescription and over-the-counter medications kill far more people annually than all illegal drug use combined. Stephen Fried's wife took a pill for a minor infection--and ended up in the emergency room. Some drug reactions go away in a few hours or days. Diane's did not. This emotionally wrenching experience launched Fried into a five-year examination of the entire pharmaceutical industry, the most profitable legal business in the world. Rigorously documented, Bitter Pills is a full-scale portrait of pill making and pill taking in America today, presented through the powerful human drama of doctors, patients, drug companies, the FDA, and government regulators as they war for control of our medicine cabinets.
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