Big Pharma - friend or foe?

Saving Lives In Slow Motion

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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