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Author Pearce, Neil

Title Adverse reactions : the Fenoterol story / Neil Pearce
Published Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Beta agonists (and brand-names); Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Some history; Chapter 2 History is rewritten; Chapter 3 History repeats itself; Chapter 4 'Maybe these drugs are not all the same'; Chapter 5 The first study; Chapter 6 Getting the paper published; Chapter 7 Adverse reactions; Chapter 8 The second study; Chapter 9 Mixed reactions; Chapter 10 Positive reactions; Conclusion: Parting shots; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T
Summary 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.--Provided by the publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-211) and index
Notes English
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Subject Fenoterol -- Side effects
Bronchodilator agents -- Side effects
Asthma -- Mortality -- New Zealand
Drugs -- New Zealand -- Safety measures
Bronchodilator Agents -- adverse effects
Fenoterol -- adverse effects
Asthma -- drug therapy
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions -- mortality
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Asthma -- Mortality
Drugs -- Safety measures
New Zealand
New Zealand
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781775585022
1775585026
9781775580119
1775580113
1869406850
9781869406851
Other Titles Fenoterol story