Prescription drugs / Sylvia Engdahl, book editor.

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Contributors: Engdahl, Sylvia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Greenhaven Press/Gale Cengage Learning, [2008]
Series:Current controversies.
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505 0 0 |t Is too little attention given to the safety of prescription drugs? Yes : Problems often show up after a prescription drug is on the market. Off-label prescription of drugs can lead to adverse effects /  |r Hazel Muir --  |t Some prescription drugs on the market are unsafe /  |r Consumer reports --  |t Prescription drugs can cause serious harm when risks are ignored /  |r Susan Kelleher --  |t Post-marketing study of prescription drugs is not adequate /  |r David J. Graham --  |t No : Too much caution deprives patients of prescription drugs they need. Excessive caution in drug approval causes more harm than it prevents /  |r Scott Gottlieb --  |t Panic over prescription-drug risks leads people to stop taking needed medication /  |r Irene S. Levine --  |t Safety concerns about prescription drugs are exaggerated and will result in higher prices /  |r Henry I. Miller --  |t Lengthy approval process for prescription drugs costs lives /  |r Gilbert L. Ross --  |t Terminally ill patients should be allowed to use experimental drugs /  |r Sigrid Fry-Revere --  |t Do pharmaceutical companies promote unnecessary drugs? Direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising : an overview /  |r Carol Rados --  |t Yes : Many new drugs are developed merely for commercial reasons. Pharmaceutical companies define normal conditions as diseases /  |r Ray Moynihan, Alan Cassels --  |t Drug promotion plays on people's fears of future illness /  |r Barbara Mintzes --  |t Drug promotion has led to the overmedication of children /  |r Anne Taylor Fleming --  |t No : New drugs help people who would otherwise lack effective treatment. Drugs for minor conditions are important to many people /  |r Glenn Harlan Reynolds --  |t Improved prescription drugs mean better medical treatment and less illness /  |r Alan F. Holmer --  |t Direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising helps people get treatment for undiagnosed diseases /  |r Paul Antony -- 
505 0 0 |t Do prescription drugs in America cost too much? Rising cost of prescription drugs : an overview --  |t Yes : American pharmaceutical companies charge too much. Many people cannot afford the prices set by the profit-driven drug industry /  |r Katharine Greider --  |t Importing less-costly prescription drugs from abroad should be allowed /  |r Nelda Barnett --  |t New cancer drugs cost more than their brief extending of life may be worth /  |r Daniel Costello --  |t No : pharmaceutical companies need profits to do research. High prices of drugs for minor problems pay for drugs that cure more serious ones /  |r Peter W. Huber --  |t Medical innovation would stop if the government controlled drug prices /  |r Sidney Taurel --  |t Controlling drug prices would reduce access to medicine /  |r Doug Bandow --  |t Are dishonest or illegal prescription drug practices common? Gifts from pharmaceutical companies influence doctors /  |r Adriane Fugh-Berman, Shahram Ahari --  |t Media reporting about prescription drugs is often inaccurate /  |r Richard A. Deyo, Donald L. Patrick --  |t Prescription drugs are often abused /  |r Nichole Aksamit --  |t Young people often trade prescription drugs with friends /  |r Amy Harmon --  |t Teens use prescription drugs to get high /  |r Donna Leinwand. 
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