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The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg: Accutane - The Truth That Had To Be Told (2011)

by Doug Bremner(Favorite Author)

3.23 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1463648812 (ISBN13: 9781463648817)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Createspace

review 1: I liked this book. It did a great job of depicting a billion dollar industry's single-minded focus on profits at the expense of our humanity. In addition it provided a very deep look into the author's thoughts and actions as he combated Hoffmann-La Roche and their drug Accutane. Some reviews have complained about the fact that half the book is about the author's thoughts and feelings as he simultaneously dealt with his family issues. However, I found that it provided a second thread to follow that was also interesting to read in its own light. A second trail for the author to overcome. It also showed that his battle with Roche did not take place in a vacuum.
review 2: Dr. Bremner is an entertaining writer even when the topic is as serious as a drug with pote... morentially deadly side effects. He shares with his readers a part of his life before, during and after he undertook a neuroscientific research study that demonstrated brain changes in teenagers when comparing their brain scans before and after they were prescribed Accutane. His unique insight into the drug industry is riveting. He includes accounts of meeting patients and/or their families who noticed potentially suicidal mood changes obviously related to this drug, many of whom, fortunately, stopped the drug in time to resume their baseline moods. Tragically, many given this drug took their own lives (not his study subjects as far as I could tell from reading the book). I could not put this book down until I got to the end. It was a late night. Thankfully, his writing is succinct. It is also quite poignant, surprising, revealing and at times even hilarious. The many aspects of this story are woven together artfully from the descriptions of repeated, tedious, and long discovery depositions endured when he served as an expert witness, to his personal struggles in his marriage to his search for missing pieces of his early childhood. Dr. Bremner reveals himself to be an impressive author, advocate, physician, patient, parent, son, spouse and person, not necessarily in this order, of course. This is an important story and a great read. less

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