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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478897903321

Autore

Pearce Neil

Titolo

Adverse reactions : the Fenoterol story / / Neil Pearce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, New Zealand : , : Auckland University Press, , 2007

ISBN

1-77558-502-6

1-86940-685-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

616.238061

Soggetti

Drugs - Side effects - New Zealand

Fenoterol

Asthma - Chemotherapy - Complications

Asthma - Research

Asthma - Research - New Zealand

Asthma - Mortality

Asthma - Mortality - New Zealand

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

UV; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

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 medica