Poison Pills: The Untold Story of the Vioxx Drug Scandal
“If medications had personalities, Vioxx would be that macho guy in a Hummer who just took your parking space (and the one next to it), who then gets out, smiling and talking on his cellphone. Touted as a 'super aspirin,' Vioxx was, for a time, the No. 1 pain medication in the world, backed by aggressive marketing to physicians and the public. How it got to be 'the single greatest drug safety catastrophe in the history of the world,' in the words of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration official, is a fascinating story that’s told for the first time . . . in Nesi’s carefully researched chronicle of the Vioxx saga.”--Calgary Herald“For anyone with even a passing interest in the billions of pills we take every day, the pills we are coaxed, persuaded, urged and exhorted to consume with ever-increasing fervor by Big Pharma and its medical minions, and the roles that the Food and Drug Administration and our government play in this deadly game of pharmaceutical roulette, this book is a must-read.”--Novus Medical Detox Centers“Tom Nesi opens up the door to one of the most egregious chapters in the long and rarely heard history of the drug industry, which has been attempting to combat pain for centuries. InPoison Pills, Nesi sorts out who all the players were and how the public health was threatened. He then describes in depth how the FDA and other regulators were first overwhelmed and then fooled by the power of the drug lobby. Every citizen concerned with not only their own health, but the public’s well-being should read his book.”--Richard J. Garfunkel, host of “The Advocates” – WVOX 1460 AM Radio, Westchester County, NY“This is a great book . . . it reads like a mystery thriller."--Dr. Ronald Hoffman, host of the nationally-syndicated radio program “Health Talk with Dr. Ronald Hoffman”