Dr. Feelgood

The Story of the Doctor Who Influenced History by Treating and Drugging Prominent Figures Including President Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley

By: Richard A. Lertzman, William J. Birnes

Narrated by: Don Azevedo

Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

An historical exposé of the mysterious doctor who changed the course of the 20th century, with interviews by George Clooney, Yogi Berra, and others.

Doctor Max Jacobson, whom the Secret Service under President John F. Kennedy code-named “Dr. Feelgood,” developed a unique “energy formula” that altered the paths of some of the 20th century’s most iconic figures, including President and Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis. JFK received his first injection (a special mix of “vitamins and hormones,” according to Jacobson) just before his first debate with Vice President Richard Nixon. The shot into JFK’s throat not only cured his laryngitis, but also diminished the pain in his back, allowed him to stand up straighter, and invigorated the tired candidate. Kennedy demolished Nixon in that first debate and turned a tide of skepticism about Kennedy into an audience that appreciated his energy and crispness. What JFK didn’t know then was that the injections were actually powerful doses of a combination of highly addictive liquid methamphetamine and steroids.

Author and researcher Rick Lertzman and New York Times best-selling author Bill Birnes reveal heretofore unpublished material about the mysterious Dr. Feelgood. Through well-researched prose and interviews with celebrities including George Clooney, Jerry Lewis, Yogi Berra, and Sid Caesar, the authors reveal Jacobson’s vast influence on events such as the assassination of JFK, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennedy-Khrushchev Vienna Summit, the murder of Marilyn Monroe, the filming of the C. B. DeMille classic The Ten Commandments, and the work of many of the great artists of that era. Jacobson destroyed the lives of several famous patients in the entertainment industry and accidentally killed his own wife, Nina, with an overdose of his formula.

©2013 Richard A. Lertzman and William J. Birnes (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

very repetitive snore

Elvis? well i listened to all but the last 20 minutes I didn't hear anything about Elvis but I did hear about JFK running around naked and Marilyn Monroe for 90% of the book I thought I was going mad (possible) because I felt like parts of the book were repeated to the extent I ckd my phone to see if I had bump the back button.

tabloid drivel

I should have been more careful before I used a credit on this one. It's so poorly written that I couldn't get through the first half. The claims are unsubstantiated and salacious.
National Enquirer type story ...

Tabloid Article on JFK and Meth

I really had high hopes for "Dr. Feelgood" and how Max Jacobson discovered methamphetamine and was the doctor to JFK, but it became a tabloid article that you would find at a grocery store. The cover up on JFK assassination and how he was high at the time is just too far fetch to believe. Yet another conspiracy theory on this tragic event. I don't doubt that the president had a problem with drugs and Dr. Jacobson was the pusher, but this book is total garbage. It was written in a way to shock you rather than inform you. Jacobson was the dealer to the Stars and the White House and also a heavy user of his own product.

How Boring

Had to stop after 5 chapter. Boils down to saying all the famous celebs were meth addicts,

This was written by or for the CIA

The author has the temerity to liken JFK to Adolf Hitler.

He intimates that the one man who held us from the brink of nuclear war was in fact psychotic and his murder by the CIA was justified

We get it...everyone was on drugs

What disappointed you about Dr. Feelgood?

The amount of content and number of revelations in this book could've fit into a medium sized news article. This book painfully rehashes the same story over and over with a new junkie as subject.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

This had about as much emotion as if you'd had Microsoft Sam read it to you

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Boredom