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Big Pharma gets a lot of bad press, yet most of us have needed to take medication for something at some point in our lives.
How do we minimise the risk of our coming to harm from drugs and what can industry do to work more openly with us?
Diuretic drugs: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-79565-7_4
Ben Goldacre - a review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3635613/
Evidence Based Medicine: https://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/ebm
Lorcainide story: https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7717/rr-1
Anti-arrhythmic drugs: https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/medical/drug-cabinet/anti-arrhythmics
Drug reps and doctors: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/19/1245972805/pharma-reps-have-visited-doctors-for-decades-what-impact-does-it-have-on-patient
The opioid crisis and Oxycontin latest: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60610707
PHQ-9 for depression: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3416649/#
Monoclonal antibodies: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/114311.stm
ALLTRIALS: alltrials.net
The NHS and big pharma: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/08/its-naive-to-think-this-is-in-the-best-interests-of-the-nhs-how-big-pharmas-millions-are-influencing-healthcare
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