# Bitter Pills

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- Book: [Bitter Pills](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-fried/bitter-pills) ([Bitter Pills.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-fried/bitter-pills.md))
- Authors: [Stephen Fried](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-fried)
- Publisher: bantam
- ISBN: 978-05-5337-852-8
- Pages: 448
- Published: 1999-05-04
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

We take our medicines on faith. We assume our doctors are well-informed, our drug companies scrupulous, our FDA diligent—and our medications safe. All too often we're wrong. Just how wrong is documented...