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The Therapeutic Nightmare: The Battle Over the World's Most Controversial Tranquilizer de John Abraham

The Therapeutic Nightmare: The Battle Over the World's Most Controversial Tranquilizer: Health and the Environment (Hardcover)

Autor John Abraham, Julie Sheppard
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 aug 1999
"The Therapeutic Nightmare" tells the story of the sleeping pill, Halcion, a story which is far from over. First marketed in the 1970s, Halcion was taken by millions of patients around the world as a tranquilizer. Soon, however, it began to be associated with serious psychotropic effects: patients experienced amnesia, hallucinations, aggression and, in extreme cases, homicide. Thirteen years after its first release it was banned by the British government. It remains on sale in the United States.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781853835520
ISBN-10: 1853835528
Pagini: 178
Dimensiuni: 158 x 242 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Earthscan Publications
Seria Health and the Environment (Hardcover)

Cuprins

Introduction  1. The Nature of Tranquillizing Drugs  2. The Political Control of Medicines  3. The Rise of Halcion: Getting Approval  4. Sounding the Retreat: The Accumulation of Post-Marketing Problems  5. Legal Challenge and Loss of Faith: British Medicines  6. How the West was Won: Keep Taking the Tablets in the United States  7. Prescription for Change: The Science and Politics of Medicines

Notă biografică

John Abraham is Professor of Sociology and Co-director of the Centre for Research in Health and Medicine at the University of Sussex. He is author of Science, Politics and the Pharmaceutical Industry. Julie Sheppard is Head of Communications at University College London Hospitals. Originally published in 1999

Recenzii

'Brilliantly documents how the flawed drug industry/government axis allows Halcion and other dangerous, but real, nightmares to be approved and widely used. The book's lessons, if learned and acted upon, can prevent further disasters of this kind from occurring ' Sidney M Wolfe, MD, Director, Public Citizen's Health Research Group.
'Provides a rigorous but accessible analysis of the story behind Halcion. It shows how the supposedly technical evaluation of the drug has in fact been captured by wider socio-political interests. The authors make a compelling argument for greater transparency in drug regulation' Andrew Webster, Professor of Sociology of Science and Technology, University of York, and author of Science, Technology and Society.
'A detailed and comprehensive report of a major drug debacle, and an important contribution to the drug safety literature' Thomas I Moore, author of Prescription for Disaster: the Hidden Dangers in Your Medicine Cabinet.

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The Therapeutic Nightmare tells the story of the sleeping pill Halcion - a story which is far from over.