huh. reading stuff that susie bright linked to, i came across David Healey’s Let them Eat Prozac. While I find Healey’s writing more than a little confusing — he’s not a good writer — I could help but remain riveted.
For one, his testimony in the trial against Eli Lilly over the murder/suicide of David Forsythe […]
i kind of agreed with daisy’s reaction to amber’s post. (www.amberrhea.com) i was going to comment, but thought better of it. yeah, i know amber, you might read it here, but i feel that it would be inappropriate to post at your blog given how you feel on the topic. here, however, it’s my blog. […]
pfizer, the company that was found to be illegally promoting neurontin a few years back, which I wrote about as part of my ramblings about Melody Petersen’s book, _Our Daily Meds_, is in the news again. Pfizer was hit with the largest fine ever for, once again, using illegal tactics to promote drugs — in […]
it’s because of Teh Capitalism!
Petersen has a chapter called “Neurontin for Everything.” She details the case United States of America, ex rel David Franklin v Pfizer and Parke-Davis, Civil Action No 96-11651-PBS. Filed 1996, settled 2004. You can find material on this case at dida.library.ucsf.edu.
Unlike a lot of earlier cases, the company’s records were […]
in my last post, i actually forgot to write more about Petersen’s findings in her book. Here is a compilation of a few of the things I’ve written.
TAke away: while I agree that the thing to do is for people to make decisions based on evidence and research, deciding what will benefit them, weighing costs […]
i finished Melody Petersen’s book, Our Daily Meds, which is an absolute must-read — though as I mentioned before, it will probably be more information than someone wants if they are on medications and just don’t want to hear the bad news.
I brought the book up at LBO, asking people about Petersen’s argument that […]
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