The Therapeutic Nightmare: The battle over the world's most controversial sleeping pill

by John Abraham, Julie Sheppard, John Abraham, et al.

How do drugs get to the market? What controls are there and what procedures for monitoring their effects? And how adequate are the regulators in protecting public health when new drugs have serious side effects? The Therapeutic Nightmare tells the story of the sleeping pill Halcion - a story which is far from over. First marketed in the 1970s, Halcion has been taken by millions of patients around the world. For many years it has been associated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00FSFL9ZW
• ISBN13: 9781853836503
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"