'Sheriff' Cardiologist Sounds the Alarm on Ineffective Generics
The 74-year-old cardiologist slumps in the chair in his office at the Cleveland Clinic, sleeves rolled up and glasses on top of a head of gray hair. The office is comfortably cluttered, with pictures of family, files, and other papers. An inscribed Louisville Slugger, a gift from grateful patients, is mounted on the wall.
But when he gets started on the subject of harmful generic drugs, his voice rises along with his indignation.
Dr Harry Lever, director of the Cleveland Clinic's Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, wrote to the US Food and Drug Administration about his concerns that generic versions of Toprol XL were ineffective. Some versions were later recalled. Source: Cleveland Clinic
"Look at this," he says, getting to his feet and opening a cabinet to reveal a row of prescription bottles. "This is medicine I've taken from patients because I didn't think it worked."
Lever, who is director of the Clinic's Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, was one of the first in this country to raise the alarm about ineffective and even harmful generic drugs, largely imported from India and China.
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