Bill Inman

During his university years Inman contracted polio, but he persevered anyway, finishing his medical education from a wheelchair. As a medical officer for the British government, he saw the aftermath of the thalidomide disaster: the drug, given to expectant mothers to combat morning sickness, caused grievous birth defects. Wanting to ensure such a thing never happened again, Inman developed an early warning system to sound the alert over bad drugs more quickly. His "Yellow Card" system was adopted in 1964 by the U.K. Health Service, and soon detected a problem with birth control pills: they caused an increase in deadly blood clots. He determined the problem could be solved by reducing hormone levels in the pills, which dramatically reduced the problem but didn't reduce their effectiveness, and saved thousands of lives. Still, the Yellow Card system failed to detect a beta blocker which caused blindness, so he lobbied for a stronger system. The government refused to back that effort, however, so he broke off on his own, and helped the World Health Organization set up its own drug monitoring program. In 1980, he created the Drug Safety Research Unit at the University of Southampton, where he was also named the first professor of Pharmaco- epidemiology, where he taught doctors how to monitor patients for drug reactions. Dr. Inman died October 20 at 76. From This is True for 23 October 2005 Suggestions for further reading: Nurse's Pocket Drug Guide 2010 by Judith Barberio Amazon Price: $9.32 Customer Review: Before you buy this book, you need to think of why you need it. I purchased it because I am a student nurse going through clinicals weekly. I have a regular drug book, but I wanted something a little more convenient (and pocket-size) to take with me ...   The Washington Manual of Critical Care by Marin H Kollef Amazon Price: $29.73 Customer Review: The book is ok, but sometimes it lets you down when you need some important things, such as, some rate infusions, ideal serum concentration of drugs, dosis, etc...You just can find basic ones, but when you need some other useful drugs, as Clonidine, ...   Prescription Alternatives:Hundreds of Safe, Natural, Prescription-Free Remedi... by Earl Mindell, Virginia Hopkins Amazon Price: $14.93 Customer Review: This book arrived very quickly and I'm very happy with it. This book is so easy to use, and contains so much information on whatever ails me and my family. It is probably one of the most useful books on health that I own, and I will refer to it oft...   Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or... by Sidney M. Wolfe, Larry D. Sasich, Peter Lurie Amazon Price: $14.28 Customer Review: When I looked at the entry for Armour Thyroid in this book, I found that they were just parroting the same old misinformation and lies created by Big Pharma in order to steer people away from Armour over to more expensive synthetic thyroid meds and f...   A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition:... Amazon Price: $15.64 Customer Review: When working with people on medications, this serves as an excelelnt resource tool. Claudia Newcorn - author of the award-winning fantasy, Crossover Crossover: Krisálys Chronicles of Féyree   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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