Read more
Informationen zum Autor Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D., is the director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group in Washington, DC, a consumer lobbying group that he cofounded with Ralph Nader in 1971. His previous bestsellers include Pills That Don't Work and Over-the-Counter Pills That Don't Work. Klappentext This expanded! up-to-the-minute! fully-revised edition of the bestselling guide to prescription pills offers charts! lists! diagrams! an extensive cross-referencing index! and lifesaving information on all the latest medication available today. Zusammenfassung This expanded, up-to-the-minute, fully-revised edition of the bestselling guide to prescription pills offers charts, lists, diagrams, an extensive cross-referencing index, and lifesaving information on all the latest medication available today. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTSIntroductionHow This Book Was CompiledMedical AdvisersIndex of Drugs1: Misprescribing and Overprescribing of DrugsEvidence of Misprescribing and OverprescribingThe Causes of Misprescribing and Overprescribing 2: Adverse Drug ReactionsHow Extensive Is the Problem of Specific Adverse Drug Reactions? Specific Patient Examples Nine Reasons Why Older Adults Are More Likely Than Younger Adults to Have Adverse Drug Reactions Which Adverse Effects Can Be Caused by Which Drugs? Summary of Adverse Reactions and the Drugs That Cause Them Drugs That Can Affect the Mind (Such as Those Causing Depression or Psychoses)Drugs That Can Cause Abnormal, Involuntary MovementsDrugs That Can Disturb BalanceDrugs That Can Cause Sexual DysfunctionDrugs That Can Affect the Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract Drugs That Can Cause Lung Toxicity Drugs That Can Affect the Urinary Tract 3: 456 Drugs Commonly Used by ConsumersHow to Use This Chapter Drugs for Heart Conditions Drug ListingsHigh Blood Pressure Potassium Supplementation Beta-blockers Calcium Channel BlockersCholesterol-lowering Drugs Drug ProfilesMind DrugsDrug Listings Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills Antipsychotic DrugsDepression Drug Profiles Painkillers and Arthritis Drugs Drug Listings Salicylates NarcoticsArthritis and Inflammation Drug Profiles Gastrointestinal DrugsDrug ListingsDiarrhea ConstipationGasDrug ProfilesCold, Cough, Allergy, and Asthma DrugsDrug Listings Cold Allergy and Hay Fever Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, and EmphysemaDrug ProfilesDrugs for Infections Drug ListingsAntibioticsPenicillins and Cephalosporins Fluoroquinolones Tetracyclines Drug Profiles Drugs for DiabetesDrug ListingsDiabetes and Its Treatment Drug ProfilesDrugs for Neurological Disorders Drug ListingsDrug Profiles Nutritional SupplementsSupplement Listings Nutritional SupplementsSupplement ProfilesEye DrugsDrug ListingsGeneral Instructions for Application of Eye Drops and OintmentGlaucomaDrug Profiles Drugs for Other Conditions Drug ListingsCorticosteroids Drug Profiles4: Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Preventable Drug-induced Injury Sample Drug Worksheet5: Saving Money While Avoiding Injury When Buying Prescription DrugsGlossary Drug Worksheet...
