Adverse Reactions: The Fenoterol Story

by Neil Pearce

Overview

Recounting the fenoterol epidemic—a major medical controversy that took place more than 15 years ago—this narrative explores the involvement of the asthma drug that caused numerous asthma deaths. Although the epidemic occurred in New Zealand, its shocking discoveries and subsequent consequences attracted worldwide attention in medical journals and conferences. Neil Pearce, the researcher who discovered that fenoteral was the cause of the epidemic, tells this personal story while raising concerns about drug safety internationally and analyzing the battle between money and science in medical research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781775580119
Publisher:	Auckland University Press
Publication date:	11/01/2013
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Neil Pearce is a professor at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand, and established the university's Centre for Public Health Research. He has written 14 books on the epidemiology of cancer, asthma, and occupational health.

Table of Contents

Adverse Reactions: The Fenoterol Story1869403746Table of Contents Chapter 1 Fools rush in Chapter 2 Some history Chapter 3 History is rewritten Chapter 4 History repeats itself Chapter 5 Maybe these drugs are not all the same Chapter 6 The first study Chapter 7 Getting the paper published Chapter 8 Adverse reactions Chapter 9 The second study Chapter 10 Mixed reactions Chapter 11 Positive reactions Chapter 12 Parting shots

Editorial Reviews

The book is timely in the US coming as it does on the heels of the Vioxx episode and in the midst of active discussion about drug safety reform.

Epidemiology Monitor