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Drug injury : liability, analysis, and prevention / James T. O'Donnell ; contributing authors, Gopi Doctor Ahuja ... [et al.].

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Drug injury : liability, analysis, and prevention / James T. O'Donnell ; contributing authors, Gopi Doctor Ahuja ... [et al.].
Author
O'Donnell, James, Pharm. D.
Publication
Tucson, AZ : Lawyers & Judges Pub. Co., c2005.

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Ahuja, Gopi Doctor.
Description
xxxiii, 894 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • The FDA and the drug-approval process -- The Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) and related FDA activities -- The pharmaceutical industry -- The failed system of drug warnings in America -- FDA compliance and inspection programs governing clinical investigations -- The protection of subjects in clinical research -- Identification of regulated solid-dosage forms -- Adverse drug reactions: the extent of the problem -- Evaluation of medical causation -- The role of pharmacoepidemiology and expert testimony -- Medications errors and adverse drug reactions in hospitalized patients: how common are they, and why do they occur? -- Medical-legal aspects of medication errors -- Preventing medication errors -- Pharmacists' errors -- Danger at the drugstore: some practical comments on Pondimin and Redux litigation -- Diet-pill litigation: the Fen-Phen-Redux debacle: a medical-legal perspective -- Diet drugs: pharmacology / interactions / cautions --^
  • The story of E-Ferol: adding insult to injury -- Accutane: focus on psychiatric toxicity and suicide -- Antidepressants: clinical use and litigation -- Drugs for asthma, allergies, and anaphylaxis: harm from use, misuse, and non-use -- Corticosteroids -- Adverse effects of diabetic drugs -- Nephrotoxic drugs -- Drug-induced hepatotoxicity -- Statins including Baycol: questionable cholesterol control -- The Rezulin litigation -- Drug-induced movement -- Pain medications and OxyContin -- Performance-enhancing substances: Ephedrine, anabolic steroids, herbals and dietary supplements -- Ephedra -- Recreational drugs: alcohol, cocaine and marijuana: forensic issues -- Hemophilia Holocaust litigation related to Blood Factor VIII and IX products and AIDS transmission -- Regulation of pharmacy -- Pharmacist malpractice and the infamous Courtney case -- Guidelines for Injectable Medications: 2004 --^
  • Specialized services: a full-service community pharmacy practice: is this feasible, beneficial, and risk-free -- Nursing home pharmacy: pharmacology and the elderly -- The emergency department pharmacist -- Pharmacy compounding regulations -- The forensic pharmacist -- Drug testing in the workplace -- Managed care in pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry -- The evolution of Pharmacy-Benefits Managers (PBMs): an overview -- The NABP Model Act and Rules initiative toward pharmacy technicians -- Physician and hospital liability in drug and medical-device litigation.
ISBN
  • 9780913875278 (hardcover)
  • 0913875279 (hardcover)
LCCN
^^2005004323
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library