Rethinking Medications

di Jerry Avorn (Autore)

Avorn M.D. Jerry (Narratore)

Simon & Schuster Audio, 2025

Suddenly, everything seems up for grabs about the medicines we take: Do they really work as advertised? Do some of them have dangerous, undisclosed side effects? Why are they so expensive, even unaffordable? A leading medical expert provides a clear-headed, dispassionate understanding of life-and-death questions that have suddenly become so contentious. Groundbreaking research has given us many remarkable new drugs to treat conditions that have plagued patients for generations. But at the same time America’s drug evaluation process, once the envy of the world, is being seriously undermined. Under pressure from the pharmaceutical industry and politicians, the Food and Drug Administration has lowered its approval standards to allow new medicines onto the market without the rigorous assessment that once made it the global gold standard for medication regulation. Instead of carefully reviewed scientific evidence, government officials now make alarming public statements about effectiveness and risks, unmoored from scientific evidence. All this while out-of-control drug prices—far higher in the US than anywhere else in the world—put badly needed treatments beyond the reach of many patients. Dr. Jerry Avorn, a physician and professor of medicine at Harvard, has been studying these issues for decades. InRethinking Medications,he engagingly explains how we got here and provides concrete solutions to ensure that all our medicines are effective, safe, and affordable.

• Autore: Jerry Avorn
• Narratore: Avorn M.D. Jerry
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 16:24:53
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9781797186399