Book · 2004 · Business & Economics
Overdosed America
The Broken Promise of American Medicine
Overdosed America by John Abramson has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts (0 episodes recommend it and 2 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Joe Rogan (1 episode) and Lex Fridman (1 episode) on Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode) and The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode).
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And uh he's a lecturer at Harvard Medical School and the author of a 2004 book overdosed America the broken promise of American Medicine.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2023 Listen at 1:47:35 The best things said about it
You wrote the book overdosed america and the new book coming out now called sickening about how big pharma broke american healthcare including science and research and how we can fix it.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Feb 2022 Why people recommend it
Overdosed America by John Abramson is a critical investigative book examining how pharmaceutical companies and commercial interests have negatively influenced medical research, healthcare practices, and public health policies in the United States. On The Joe Rogan Experience, John Abramson discussed spending two years writing the book, which was originally published in 2004 and notably contained the inside story regarding the controversial drug Vioxx. Later, on the Lex Fridman Podcast, the host welcomed Abramson back to discuss both Overdosed America and his subsequent book, Sickening. During the introduction, Lex highlighted how Abramson's pioneering work exposed the systematic ways in which Big Pharma broke American healthcare by corrupting clinical science and research integrity. Across both podcast appearances, the conversations focused heavily on identifying structural flaws within the modern medical establishment and exploring potential solutions to restore trust, scientific transparency, and patient-centered care to the American healthcare system. The discussions served as a stark reminder of the corporate pressures shaping modern medicine and the critical need for independent, rigorous scientific research to protect vulnerable patients from misleading pharmaceutical claims.
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Joe Rogan and uh he's a lecturer at Harvard Medical School and the author of a 2004 book overdosed America the broken… 1
“and uh he's a lecturer at Harvard Medical School and the author of a 2004 book overdosed America the broken promise of American Medicine”
Lex Fridman you wrote the book overdosed america and the new book coming out now called sickening about how big pharma… 1
“you wrote the book overdosed america and the new book coming out now called sickening about how big pharma broke american healthcare including science and research and how we can fix it”
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“i published a book in 2004 overdosed america and a week after it was published vioxx was pulled off the market not because of what i said about viax but because i had shown that it was a problem”
“You wrote the book 'Overdosed America' and the new book coming out now called 'Sickening' about how Big Pharma broke American healthcare, including science and research, and how we can fix it.”
“and I worked for two years on a book called overdosed America it was published in 2004 and it had the Vio story in it”