Books – Health – Drugs
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Coping with Prednisone by Eugenia Zukerman and Julie R. Ingelfinger
While high doses of prednisone and related drugs may be necessary to treat serious illnesses, they may also have unpleasant, and even devastating, side effects. After Eugenia Zukerman was prescribed prednisone for a rare lung disease, she teamed up with her sister, Harvard physician Julie Ingelfinger, to write the first book that helps patients deal with the side effects of the prescription. This welcome update to a superb resource covers the latest knowledge about bone health, the use of steroids for children, and new steroid compounds, along with additional strategies and exercises based on their own experiences and responses from other patients and physicians.
Paperback, 236 pp, $22.95. Buy
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The Parents’ Concise Guide to Vaccinations by Lauren Feder
As a physician trained in both standard and holistic medicine-and as a parent herself-Lauren Feder, M.D., presents the facts about vaccinations. If you have chosen to vaccinate your children, she offers both practical medical and natural remedies to avoid possible side effects. If you have chosen not to vaccinate your children, she offers natural medicines to strengthen your child’s immune system, along with tips on how to deal with legal exemptions, school requirements, and medical insurances. If you’re just not sure what to do, she offers a balanced and easy-to-understand discussion of the issues, explaining the truth about the effectiveness of vaccinations, side effects, and much more. With information on the latest available vaccination
Paperback, 128 pp, $19.95. Buy
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A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin by Alan R Gaby
An up-to-date guide to using vitamins and other nutritional supplements effectively uncovers the positive and negative effects of adding natural and traditional remedies, with more than two hundred new entries, information on eighteen thousand drug-herb-vitamin interactions, and other important tips. Original. 20,000 first printing
Paperback, 338 pp, $32.95. Buy
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Drugs for Less by M.P. Cecil
Empowering consumers with needed information, this book outlines seven simple strategies to reduce rising pharmaceutical prices. Includes an extensive directory of the 250 most commonly prescribed medications with specific information on how to save money
Paperback, 224 pp, $21.95. Buy
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MMR by Richard Horton
An article in The Lancet in 1998 inadvertently triggered a collapse of public confidence in the MMR vaccine. Six years into this health crisis, a much disputed part of the report was retracted. Now The Lancet’s editor, Dr. Richard Horton, considers the implications of this affair. Horton is an advocate of the MMR (his own child has had the vaccine) and he gives an insider’s account of the events surrounding this controversy. He reviews the history of the vaccine and the claims about its safety. He analyses influences in medical research and looks at what might be done to improve our present understanding of autism and our prospects for eradicating measles from the world. His royalties will be donated to representing autism and child health.
Paperback, 160 pp, $23.95. Buy
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Opium: A Portrait of the Heavenly Demon by Barbara Hodgson
“Opium” will open people’s eyes to the bizarre and shocking history that began with use in religious ceremonies, then raised high hopes as a cure for many ills in Victorian times and was regarded as an embodiment of the romantic East, leading to its horrific consequences today.
In her meticulously researched text, Barbara Hodgson delves into the nature and history of opium, focusing on its exotic incarnation as a drug to be smoked. As well as examining its factual history–in memoirs, science, and travel books–she explores portrayals of opium use in fiction and film. This beautifully designed and well-written book leaves no doubt that opium deserves its feared place in the pantheon of drugs.
Paperback, $20.95. Buy
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Powerful Medicines by Jerry Md Avorn
An investigation into the approval, pricing, marketing, and misuse of prescription drugs details the often contentious relationships between pharmaceutical companies, the FDA, and doctors
Hardback, 448 pp, $38.95. Buy
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The PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs
Based on the “Physician’s Desk Reference(, ” this comprehensive and easy-to-use drug guide includes information on more than 1,000 medications, features 100 pages devoted to the latest breakthroughs in major health problems, and contains the most color photos of any consumer drug guide. 16-page color insert
Paperback, 900 pp, $34.95. Buy
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Prozac Backlash by Joseph Glenmullen
This is a guide to the safe treatment of depression and other psychiatric problems. This text documents the side-effects associated with serotonin-boosting medications, and it indicates through research that there is a link between these drugs and suicide and violence.
Paperback, 383 pp, $24.95. Buy
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The Mind/Mood Pill Book by Robert E. Hales and Dianne R. Hales
An up-to-date, illustrated guide to the most frequently prescribed drugs for mood and mind disorders includes detailed information on brand and generic names for each drug, dosage, common side effects and risk factors, interactions with drugs and foods, how it works in the body, and more, along with the latest research into popular herbal remedies
Paperback, 382 pp, $32.95. Buy
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What You Need to Know About # by Stuart Yudofsky
Discusses the use of drugs in treating mental illness, the types of conditions for which they are used, and the advantages and side effects of a variety of specific drugs
Paperback, 115 pp, $46.95. Buy
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Kids Alcohol and Drugs #, A Parent’s Guide by Ruth Maxwell
Offers practical advice on how parents can help their children avoid drugs and intervene in unhealthy situations
Paperback, 115 pp, $24.95. Buy
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Methamphetamine by Ralph Weisheit and William L. White
In Methamphetamine: Its History‚ Pharmacology‚ and Treatment‚ Ralph Weisheit and William L. White consider the two faces of this drug: a narcotic that is enormously destructive to users and the community‚ but that is also useful in a number of legitimate ways. In separating fact from fiction‚ Weisheit and White provide context for understanding the current meth problem by tracing its history and the varying patterns of use over time. Includes – the latest scientific findings on the effects of the drug on individuals – the myths and realities of the drug’s impact on the mind. Offers a comprehensive understanding of medical‚ social‚ and political issues concerning this drug.
Paperback, 240 pp, $34.95. Buy
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