The new `` The Truth ... '' I do not bring anything that can not be found online, in print, or on records (but I do not read everything). For example we have five lines on the Singulair (asthma) very controversial, and very neutral terms: `` It was also noted psychiatric disorders, especially in young subjects '' (which is on record, with well more severe effects).
In short, this book information honestly (and not only on drugs but also on surgical medical techniques, etc.) but does not engage much unless it's obvious (Pick, Vioxx, ...). It especially concerns the most serious cases.
For the benign prostatic hyperplasia the classic Tamsulosin is not even mentioned; similar remedies are considered only for 1 to 3 months although often taken for life (who to believe?).
Surprising gaps such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA, yet supported 100% by the S.Soc.) With drugs requiring several long-term monitoring: RA is mentioned pp. 510 to -512 in the article on Vioxx !!! and occasionally for NSAIDs, p. 309 (or a loved one is receiving treatment for a disabling PR without analgesics). Many remedies are not included in the index.
Protelos for osteoporosis is still reported as discarded and Actonel is quoted without comment ...
For much the authors often hide behind official scientific bodies.
Another quote (on homeopathy): `` we can not be supporters of even partial reimbursement of all "patamédecines" (sic).
In short this book remains in a tradition of classic prescription me it seems. Other opinions are required!
PS still quote the remarkable `` interview '' Irene Frachon (discoverer of the scandal of Picks), which explains the great intellectual functioning, even the greatest experts, often locked in their `` paradigms '' scientists.
