Deadly Medicine: Why Tens of Thousands of Heart Patients Died in America's Worst Drug Disaster

by Thomas J. Moore

Reveals the research reports that cited unusual patient deaths that occurred while testing the heart drug Tambocor and traces how the unsafe drug, and several like it, were released anyway, resulting in the deaths of thousands. 60,000 first printing.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1995

About the author

Thomas J. Moore is professor of medicine and endocrinology at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Moore has studied the blood pressure effects of foods and salt intake for more than two decades, and has written numerous scientific papers and books, including both The DASH Diet for Hypertension and The DASH Diet for Weight Loss. Dr. Moore lives near Boston; he enjoys biking, tennis, and golf.