Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or Illness
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743492560 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 960 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
THIS IS THE BOOK THAT TELLS YOU WHAT OTHER PILL BOOKS WON'T ABOUT YOUR MEDICATION! Top-selling drugs that are among the 160 Do Not Use Drugs discussed inside: Ultram Darvoset-N Lopid Desogen & OrthoCept Elavil Ativan Restoril Flexeril Valium Bentyl Entex LA Glucophage Macrobid Patients fill more than 80 million prescriptions a year for these drugs! Consumer advocate Sidney M. Arranged by disease/condition, it offers chapters on adverse drug reactions, alphabetical indexes listing pills by their brand and generic names, new information about commonly used drugs, guidelines for helping you to say "no" if your doctor prescribes a drug you should not take, and safer alternative choices. Wolfe, M.D., director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, has thoroughly revised and updated this accessible, indispensable bestseller that alerts you to the potential risks of hundreds of medications available today. "More than 100,000 people a year die i
"worst pills best pills" according to J. Porter. My Mom had this book in Florida and when my Dad was in the hospital it was a valuable tool to research the medications that the doctors wanted to give him. My Mom could enlighten the doctors that people over 60 shouldn't be given some of the medications and that they could also react with some of the ones he was taking. Since the book has alot of information in it, it is quite heavy and makes it hard to bring it back and . sonja hughes said Four Stars. Very helpful. Five Stars Absolutely essential.