Examines the implications for the quality and availability of prescription drugs for consumers that are manufactured in China.
"Millions of Americans are taking prescription drugs made in China and don't know it-- and pharmaceutical companies are not eager to tell them. This probing book examines the implications for the quality and availability of vital medicines for consumers"--Provided by publisher.
Gibson, an advisor and author of other books on healthcare, and Singh, an economic advisor, examine the implications of US reliance on China for prescription and over-the-counter drugs, how the US became dependent, the risks of dependence, and solutions to ensure self-sufficiency. They describe drugs made in China and sold in the US, including birth control pills, antibiotics, antidepressants, and drugs for HIV/AIDS, Alzheimers disease, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, high blood pressure, cancer, and epilepsy, as well as those made with active ingredients from China; the role of the FDA; how economic and trade reasons led to the dependency, the methods China uses to control and manipulate the supply and price of ingredients, effects on American jobs, and safety aspects; the hidden cost of cheap drugs, such as safety, legal issues, and national security; and a plan to bring drugs back to the US, as well as how to find out where medicines are made. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Millions of Americans are taking prescription drugs made in China and don't know it--and pharmaceutical companies are not eager to tell them. This is a disturbing, well-researched wake-up call for improving the current system of drug supply and manufacturing.
Several decades ago, penicillin, vitamin C, and many other prescription and over-the-counter products were manufactured in the United States. But with the rise of globalization, antibiotics, antidepressants, birth control pills, blood pressure medicines, cancer drugs, among many others are made in China and sold in the United States.
China's biggest impact on the US drug supply is making essential ingredients for thousands of medicines found in American homes and used in hospital intensive care units and operating rooms.
The authors convincingly argue that there are at least two major problems with this scenario. First, it is inherently risky for the United States to become dependent on any one country as a source for vital medicines, especially given the uncertainties of geopolitics. For example, if an altercation in the South China Sea causes military personnel to be wounded, doctors may rely upon medicines with essential ingredients made by the adversary. Second, lapses in safety standards and quality control in Chinese manufacturing are a risk. Citing the concerns of FDA officials and insiders within the pharmaceutical industry, the authors document incidents of illness and death caused by contaminated medications that prompted reform.
This probing book examines the implications of our reliance on China on the quality and availability of vital medicines.
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