TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cohen Jay S
TI  - Over dose: the case against the drug companies : prescription drugs, side effects, and your health 
SN  - 1585421235
AV  - QV38  
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Jeremy P Tarcher/Putnam
KW  - Drugs
KW  - Side effects
KW  - Pharmaceutical industry
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-308) and index; Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 -- The Race to the Bottom -- Chapter 2 -- How Drug-Company Policies Harm People -- Chapter 3 -- How Drug-Company Policies Cause Problems for 50 to 75 Percent of Patients Taking Prozac -- Chapter 4 -- When New Drugs Are Approved, the Experiment Is Just Beginning, and You May Be Part of It: Viagra -- Chapter 5 -- How Drug-Company Policies Harm Women -- Chapter 6 -- Why 50 to 75 Percent of People Quit Taking Their Cholesterol-Lowering Medications -- Chapter 7 -- Why 50 to 75 Percent of People Quit Taking Their Medications for High Blood Pressure -- Chapter 8 -- Why Seniors Are at the Greatest Risk -- Chapter 9 -- How the Drug Companies Slant Drug Research,Limit Information to Doctors and Consumers, and Secure High Profits -- Chapter 10 -- What the Drug Companies Must Do to Reverse the Side-Effect Epidemic-But Will They? -- Chapter 11 -- What's Wrong with the FDA? And What Can Be Done About It? -- Chapter 12 -- What the FDA Shouldn't Do: Why We Need an Independent Medication Safety Monitoring System -- Chapter 13 -- Doctors, Drugs, and Patients -- Chapter 14 -- How to Avoid Side Effects and Use Medications Safely -- References -- Index -- About the Author
ER  -