Sickening

Abramson (Overdosed America) shines a light on the questionable and unchallenged practices of drug companies that guarantee immense profits at the expense of misleading physicians about drug efficacy. The author makes use of his background in pharmaceutical industry research to highlight myriad ways in which both doctors and patients are susceptible to misleading information about drug benefits. Via Abramson’s detailed narratives, readers will learn about pharmaceutical industry abuses (e.g., the overprescribing of statins for managing cholesterol; unreasonable prices for insulin, which is cheap to produce) and their negative impacts on patients and health care delivery. Some readers may wish Abramson offered solutions beyond government regulation, but most will be satisfied by his call to work together across industries to provide affordable health care.