Do you really need that pill? : how to avoid side effects, interactions, and other dangers of overmedication
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Do you really need that pill? : how to avoid side effects, interactions, and other dangers of overmedication
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xix, 313 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary:
Tackling the epidemic of prescription-drug overuse, a family-practice physician specializing in holistic medicine combines the stories of those who have suffered ill effects from taking too many drugs with cutting-edge medical findings helps readers realize they can choose different solutions to their health problems.
Contents:
Foreword -- Introduction -- Part one: Defining the problem. The dangers of taking too many pills -- Why we are taking so many pills -- Part two: Seven medical conditions and the drugs you might not need. High cholesterol and cardiovascular disease -- Osteoporosis -- Acid reflux disease -- Depression -- Chronic pain: back, neck, and osteoarthritic -- High blood pressure -- Type 2 diabetes -- Part three: Safely reducing your drug use of drugs. Talking to your doctor -- Making healthy lifestyle changes -- Alternative therapies.
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Publication Info:
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2018]
©2018
Subject:
Medication abuse -- United States -- Prevention. |
Drug abuse -- United States -- Prevention. |
Analgesics -- Overdose -- United States -- Prevention. |
Drugs -- Prescribing |
Drugs -- Overdose -- United States -- Prevention. |
Drug interactions |
Drugs -- Side effects |
Abuse of legal drugs |
Abuse of medication |
Abuse of medicines |
Misuse of therapeutic drugs |
Pharmaceutical abuse |
Prescription drug abuse |
Drug use |
Analgetics |
Anodynes |
Pain-killing drugs |
Pain relievers |
Painkillers |
Drug prescribing |
Prescribing of drugs |
Prescription of drugs |
Drug overdose |
Drugs -- Overdosage |
Overdosage of drugs |
Overdose of drugs |
Interactions, Drug |
Adverse drug reactions |
Adverse reactions to drug therapy |
Chemotherapy -- Complications |
Drug-induced disease |
Drug side effects |
Drugs -- Adverse reactions |
Side effects of drugs |
SAILS ISBN:
9781510715646