Our Daily Meds

Title: Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs

Author: Melody Petersen

Summary: This book uses lots of facts and examples to show us how American pharmaceutical companies hooked Americans on prescription drugs. It shows how American for-profit medical system is filled with incentives to make money and discentives for good health care.

Recommendation: Yes. This book explained the problematic medical system by using lots of details and human-interest stories. The facts are shocking. The reading is interesting.

Hearts: 5