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"Some of the nation's worst drug dealers aren't peddling on the street corners, they're occupying corporate suites. Overdosed America reveals the greed and corruption that drive health care costs skyward and now threatens the public health. Before you see a doctor, you should read this book." - Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation
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Dr. Oz 4 Things Drug Companies Don’t Want You To Know | Secrets Drug Companies Are Hiding
Doctor Oz Pharmaceutical Companies Exposed; 4 Things Drug Companies Don’t Want You To Know About. rug Companies Under Estimate Dangerous Side Effects, Drug Companies Control Much of the Information Your Doctor Gets About A Drug, You’re Often Prescribed Drugs You Don’t Need, Drugs Target the Symptom Not the Cause;... See story.
Prescription medications for healthy people, MPR News
Prescription medications for healthy people
Broadcast: Midmorning, 04/08/2010, 10:06 a.m.
The Food and Drug Administration's decision to approve the expanded use of the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor is being hailed by some cardiologists, but critics say they're concerned about promoting medications for healthy people.
Guests
* Steven Nissen, MD: Chairman of the department of Cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
* John Abramson, MD: Clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and author of "Overdosed America."
Forbes Article - Eat Your Statins
Matthew Herper with Robert Langreth 11.16.08, 6:00 AM ET
Want to avoid a heart attack? Stop taking your vitamins and switch to a cholesterol-lowering statin drug instead.
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One statin critic not backing down is John Abramson, author of Overdosed America. He points out that patients on Crestor had the same rate of serious illnesses requiring hospitalization as those on placebo. "You haven't improved their net health," says Abramson. Instead, he argues, you're trading heart attacks and strokes for other serious illnesses. And he contends that not offering weight-loss counseling to an overweight population created an "artificial situation" that exaggerated the benefits of the drug. He's not alone. Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's fake news show The Colbert Report joked the study was "a great breakthrough in the battle to find things to prescribe to people who don't need them."
http://www.forbes.com/2008/11/15/statins-crestor-jupiter-biz-healthcare-cx_mh_rl_1116statins.html
Newsweek Interview: Pfizer's Headache
Pfizer's Headache
Lawsuit charges drugmaker was deceptive about Neurontin.
Mary Carmichael
NEWSWEEK, Oct 8, 2008
http://www.newsweek.com/id/162906/
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In the meantime, Abramson—who wrote about many similar cases in the 2004 book "Overdosed America"—said in an interview that the new charges are just one more example of corruption in the pharmaceutical industry. "There was just a wanton manipulation of what physicians believed to be true," he said. "Physicians have to be able trust certain sources. They can't analyze all the data on all the drugs they prescribe themselves; if they did, the medical system would grind to a halt. So the question is, how do doctors typically receive knowledge? Pfizer knew how that happens—through articles, through continuing medical education, through reviews. And they knew how to jam those airwaves."
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/162906
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Mistrial in Merck case -- video of Dr. Abramson on CNN/Money
A federal judge declared a mistrial today in a lawsuit brought against Merck and its painkiller, Vioxx. Read the article on CNN/Money, which features a video of Dr. Abramson (Windows Media Player required).
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Interview with Ellen Kagan (mp3 audio)
Audio Recording (mp3 format) of Ellen Kagan's interview with Dr. John Abramson, author of Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine, on “Your Health Care - Choice or Chance.â€
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