Our daily meds : how the pharmaceutical companies transformed themselves into slick marketing machines and hooked the nation on prescription drugs / Melody Petersen.
Reveals how pharmaceutical companies have used slick marketing techniques to promote dangerous medications to American physicians and consumers, examining how the industry has transformed the practice of medicine and damaged American life.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374228279
- ISBN: 0374228272
- Physical Description: 432 pages; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Sarah Crichton books." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Creating disease -- Midwestern medicine show -- Chemical imbalance -- The early years -- An awakening : the age of the blockbuster -- Ghostwriters and secret studies -- "Neurontin for everything" -- Altered state -- Deadly doses. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Leath Memorial Library | 338.4 P (Text) | 58198000707466 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aOur daily meds : ‡bhow the pharmaceutical companies transformed themselves into slick marketing machines and hooked the nation on prescription drugs / ‡cMelody Petersen. |
| 250 | . | ‡a1st edition | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, ‡c2008. | |
| 300 | . | ‡a432 pages; ‡c24 cm | |
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| 500 | . | ‡a"Sarah Crichton books." | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aCreating disease -- Midwestern medicine show -- Chemical imbalance -- The early years -- An awakening : the age of the blockbuster -- Ghostwriters and secret studies -- "Neurontin for everything" -- Altered state -- Deadly doses. |
| 520 | . | ‡aReveals how pharmaceutical companies have used slick marketing techniques to promote dangerous medications to American physicians and consumers, examining how the industry has transformed the practice of medicine and damaged American life. | |
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