The Great Drug Deception: Lessons from MER/29 for Today's Statin and Drug Consumers - What Your Doctor May Not Know

Ralph Adam Fine, now an appellate judge in Wisconsin, wrote the primer for all the drug exposés to follow. In a scintillating true story of a drug company's willingness to promote and sell dangerous drugs, he takes us back to the early 1960s when the William S. Merrell Company sold what they hoped would be the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug: MER/29. Blinded by the prospect of enormous profits, Merrell lied, especially to physicians prescribing their drug. When physicians began to connect MER/29 to their patients' injuries, including cataracts leading to blindness, Merrell kept on denying—falsely—that their drug was the cause. "The Great Drug Deception" reveals a drug company putting greed before caution. It gives us insightful lessons for anyone taking statins or any drug whose side-effects physicians may not know. Do drug companies continue to mislead doctors and patients the way Merrell did with MER/29? "The Great Drug Deception" gives us valuable clues that we can and should follow when we take any drug. Another book by Fine, "Escape of the Guilty," explains why the criminal justice system does not protect us; it was featured on 60 Minutes and was called "must reading" by The Wall Street Journal. For more information on Ralph Adam Fine see: www.win-your-trial.com.