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aThese challenging essays mark the transformation of medication
from a tradition of need assessed by physicians, to a culture that
far exceeds a basic threshold for drugs on demand on the part of
the public.a
--"Choice"
"Nowhere do pharmaceutical companies sell more drugs, make more
money, affect more lives, or wield more power than in the United
States. These sophisticated but accessible essays trace the history
of eight types of prescription blockbusters, from antibiotics to
Viagra, and show how they have changed Americans' thinking about
disease, consumer rights, and normality itself. They force us to
confront the paradox of a pill-taking society that wages war on
some drugs but avidly seeks out others to economically profitable
if not always therapeutically benign effect."
--David Courtwright, author of "Forces of Habit" and "Dark
Paradise"
aA set of fascinating case studies. . . . Anyone who has taken
prescription medications can benefit by reading
it.a--"Metapsychology Online Reviews"
With Americans paying more than $200 billion each year for
prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most
profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in
recent decades has remade the doctor/patient relationship,
instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an integral
part of medical practice and everyday life.
Medicating Modern America examines the meanings behind this
pharmaceutical revolution through the interconnected histories of
eight of the most influential and important drugs: antibiotics,
mood stabilizers, hormone replacement therapy, oral contraceptives,
tranquilizers, stimulants, statins, and Viagra. All of these drugs
have been popular, profitable, influential, and controversial, and
the authors take a historical approach to studying their
development, prescription, and consumption. This perspective
locates the histories of prescription medicines in specific
cultural contexts while revealing the extent to which contemporary
debates about pharmaceutical drugs echo concerns voiced by
Americans in the past.
Exploring the rich and multi-faceted history of pharmaceutical
drugs in the United States, Medicating Modern America unveils the
untold stories behind America's pharmaceutical obsession.
Contributors include: Robert Bud, Jennifer R. Fishman, Jeremy A.
Greene, David Healy, Suzanne White Junod, Ilina Singh, Andrea Tone,
and Elizabeth Siegel Watkins.
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