Do No Harm, Lewis Nelson, M.D.
Do No Harm, Lewis Nelson, M.D.
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Do No Harm
The Opioid Epidemic

Author: Lewis Nelson, M.D.

Narrator: Adam Barr

Unabridged: 7 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/25/2020

Synopsis

The Opioid Epidemic is the worst man-made epidemic in the history of our nation. More people die each year from an opioid overdose than in automobile accidents. The statistics are staggering. Do No Harm spotlights experts, journalists, and public-health crusaders who are combating the special interests of Big Pharma and informing the world on how an aggressive pharmaceutical mass-marketing campaign for the new drug OxyContin misled doctors and the public into our current crisis of death and addiction. Wiland highlights the stories of those hit hardest by prescription-opioid addiction and overdose death and sheds light on how whole communities have been ravaged by the spread of addiction. Despite regional health experts, local government, law enforcement, journalists, and the DEAs efforts to combat the epidemic, people continue to die at an alarming rate from prescription-drug overdoses. The chapters of this book chronical this epidemic in all its complexity from many perspectives including the plight of the millions of Americans who suffer from opioid addiction. People, young and old, on the rocky road to recovery tell their harrowing stories, current victories, and on-going struggles with the disease.

About Lewis Nelson, M.D.

Lewis Nelson, M.D., is the chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and University Hospital. His areas of interest include prescription-drug abuse.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alexis on April 06, 2020

Listened to this on audio. Overall book was very repetitive repeating the same information chapter after chapter. Would probably have been more interesting to someone who did not have prior knowledge about the opioid crisis in America.......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on March 09, 2020

Extremely repetitive, many chapters repeated the same information as previous chapters over and over again. Otherwise a decent overview of the opioid crisis. Could have been more concise though. Definitely felt padded with repetitive information.......more

Goodreads review by Mabel on February 18, 2025

3.5 stars. Good scientific book, all the sources are stated. However a lot of the statements are made multiple times throughout the whole book using different phrasing. Make me sad for America🙃......more

Goodreads review by Lori L on February 19, 2020

Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic by Harry Wiland, with Peter Segall, is a very highly recommended look at the opioid crisis, expanding on the information from the National Public Television series. The three part mini-series Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic presented by author and director, Harry Wilan......more

Goodreads review by RebeccaReviewedIt on May 23, 2020

I think we’ve all heard about the opioid epidemic, but this book really dives into different events that got the ball rolling on opioid prescribing. It takes you through how opioids went from being used for palliative care to being a commonly prescribed pain medication. I enjoyed the different looks......more

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