As the mental health reporter for the Boston Globe, Alison Bass's front-page reporting on conflicts of interest in medical research stunned readers, and her series on sexual misconduct among psychiatrists earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Paxil was the world's bestselling antidepressant in 2002. The New York
| Title | : | Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.80 (973 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1565125533 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 260Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-4 |
| Language | : | English |
As the mental health reporter for the Boston Globe, Alison Bass's front-page reporting on conflicts of interest in medical research stunned readers, and her series on sexual misconduct among psychiatrists earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Paxil was the world's bestselling antidepressant in 2002. The New York State Attorney General's office brought an unprecedented lawsuit against giant manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of Paxil, for consumer fraud. She lays bare the unhealthy ties between the medical establishment, big pharma, and the FDA—relationships that place vulnerable children and adults at risk every day.. Pediatric prescriptions soared, even though there was no proof that the drug performed any better than sugar pills in treating children and adolescents, and the real risks the drugs posed were withheld from the public. With meticulous research, Alison Bass shows us the underbelly of the pharmaceutical industry. The successful suit launched a tidal wave of protest that changed the way drugs are tested, sold, and marketed in this country. Now she turns her investig
Expanding on her reporting for the Boston Globe, Bass focuses on psychiatrist Martin Teicher, who as early as 1988 noticed that the antidepressant Prozac seemed paradoxically to cause suicidal thoughts in his patients, and the nearly blind Rose Firestein, a lawyer in the New York State attorney general's office who was investigating the inappropriate marketing and use of Paxil for unapproved purposes. Bass also follows the story of Tonya Brooks, an unhappy teenager who attempted suicide while taking Paxil. All rights reserved. Drug companies insisted there was no scientific evidence whatsoever linking GlaxoSmithKline's Paxil, Ely Lilly's Prozac and other serotonin-increasing antidepressants to suicidal thoughts and behavior, and Bass describes the dogged battle to show that company researchers had deliberately suppressed the results of trials with negative outcomes. . From Publishers Weekly This densely researched report adds to the growing literature on Big Pharma's efforts to sell blocA must read!. But I ordered GREY by Brooke McKinley by mistake; what a great book to get with no pre0knowledge of it. Sure, there are endless scenes of Loiseau in search of ingredients, meeting with architects, etc., but nothing to make the reader TASTE the result. I'm guessing not all photography was excellent quality back then. Sharply honed, sparkling glass.Strong and sure, the author steers straight to the heart, unflinching yet tender. If you are interested in an overview of Traumatic Incident Reduction model of treating traumatic experiences, read Beyond Trauma. An with relationship he had with the other guys in the group.. The topics also include crime, grief, loss, abuse, accident victims, loss of a child, loss of a partner and surviving the experiences in a war. Written by Tasha's former business partner, but still a book Tasha Tudor fans would want to add to their bookshelves.. It was published by Greenberg Press (and later re-published by Johns Hopkins University Press), the publishing company of Bill and Linda Greenberg in Sykesville, MD, publishers of a comprehensive line of books on Lionel, American Flyer, Marx and Kusan model trains (including an extensive number of books on Lionel train repair), and other pre-war and
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