Poison pills : the untold story of the Vioxx drug scandal / Tom Nesi.

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.

xi, 300 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-284) and index.

The widow -- Shooting stars -- Super aspirin and poison pills -- Cox in paradise -- The pharmaceutical miracle -- The evolution o f ethics in modern medicine: how a dye changed history -- The advertising miracle -- Super aspirin is born -- Discovery -- The epidemic blossoms -- The war begins -- Bursting the bubble -- The Vioxx mystique and hypnotized water: the development of modern drug testing -- Is super aspirin safe and effective? -- The cool blonde -- Celebrex meets the FDA -- Payback time -- Vioxx gastrointestinal outcomes research (VIGOR) -- Spinning the results -- Medical "interpretation" -- Getting out the Vioxx message: the cyber obstacleizer -- Science in reverse -- Losing their minds -- Path of destruction -- The drug warriors -- FDA vs. FDA -- After the party -- The widow.