The Therapeutic Nightmare: The battle over the world's most controversial sleeping pill

ISBN-13: 9781853836503 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 196 str.

John Abraham; Julie Sheppard

Opis

Presents an account of how the psychotropic drug Halcion came onto the market in the UK and the US and how it was subsequently withdrawn in the UK after having serious effects on many patients - such as amnesia, suicidal behaviour and psychosis. The text is a study in the issues and difficulties of controlling the safety of new drugs, the interests at stake, the science involved and the problems confronted both by regulators and consumers.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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