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245 00 $aWorst pills, best pills :$ba consumer's guide to avoiding drug-induced death or illness /$cSidney M. Wolfe [and others].
250 $a[Fully rev. and expanded]. Pocket Books trade pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPocket Books,$c2005.
300 $axxxiii, 914 pages ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 887) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- How this book was compiled -- How to use this book -- Guide to the drug and supplement profiles -- Medical consultants -- 1. Misprescribing and overprescribing of drugs -- Evidence of misprescribing and overprescribing -- The causes of misprescribing and overprescribing -- 2. Adverse drug reactions -- How serious is the problem and how often and why does it occur? -- Nine reasons why older adults are more likely than younger adults to have adverse drug reactions -- 3. Drug-induced diseases -- How extensive is the problem of specific adverse drug reactions? -- Specific patient examples of drug-induced diseases -- Which adverse effects can be caused by which drugs? -- Drugs that can affect the mind -- Drugs that can cause abnormal, involuntary movements -- Drugs that can disturb balance -- Drugs that can cause sexual dysfunction -- Drugs that can affect the gastrointestinal tract -- Drugs that can cause lung toxicity -- Drugs that can affect the urinary tract.
505 0 $a4. Drugs for heart conditions -- High blood pressure -- High blood pressure in pregnancy -- Leg swelling (edema) in pregnancy -- Nondrug treatment of high blood pressure -- When is drug treatment necessary? -- Which drug to use? -- Common adverse effects of high blood pressure drugs -- Stopping drug treatment -- Drugs used to treat high blood pressure -- Elevated cholesterol levels -- Nondrug lowering of cholesterol -- Cholesterol-lowering drugs for people 70 and older -- Cholesterol-lowering drugs and cancer -- When is drug treatment necessary? -- Potassium supplementation -- Who needs nondietary potassium supplementation? -- Who does not need it? -- Three ways to increase your potassium levels -- Drug profiles -- High blood pressure -- Thiazide diuretics -- Thiazide-like diuretics -- Loop diuretics -- Potassium-sparing diuretics -- Angiotensin receptor blockers -- Beta-blockers -- ACE inhibitors -- Calcium channel blockers, short-acting -- Calcium channel blockers, long-acting -- Alpha-blockers -- Other drugs for high blood pressure -- High cholesterol -- Fibrates -- Statins -- Other drugs for high cholesterol -- Abnormal heart rhythm -- Heart failure and angina -- Other heart drugs.
505 0 $a5. Mind drugs -- Sleeping pills and tranquilizers -- How often are these drugs prescribed? -- How much use is justified in view of the significant risks? -- What are the main risks of sleeping pills and tranquilizers? -- Reducing the risks from sleeping pills and tranquilizers? -- Which tranquilizers or sleeping pills should you use, if any? -- Antipsychotic drugs : another group of dangerously overused drugs -- Drugs that can cause psychoses (hallucinations) or delirium -- How ofter are antipsychotic drugs used in older adults? -- What are these antipsychotic drugs being prescribed for, in not for schizophrenia and other psychoses? -- Has federal regulation improved the use of antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes? -- Benefits and risks of antipsychotic drugs -- What are the main adverse effects of antipsychotic drugs? -- Depression : when are drugs called for and which ones should you use? -- Should everyone who is sad or depressed take antidepressants? -- Kinds of depression -- Other uses, usually inappropriate, for antidepressants -- What are the best and worst treatments for severe depression? -- The main risks of antidepressant drugs -- Drug profiles -- Depression -- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors -- Tricyclics -- Other drugs for depression -- Sleeping pills and tranquillizers -- Benzodiazepines -- Other sleeping pills and tranquilizers -- Schizophrenia -- Atypical antipsychotics -- Traditional or typical antipsychotics -- Mania.
505 0 $a6. Drugs for pain and arthritis -- Salicylates -- Aspirin -- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- Narcotics -- Use of narcotics -- Wanted and unwanted effects of narcotics -- Taking narcotics -- Arthritis and inflammation -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Osteoarthritis -- Gout -- Infectious arthritis -- Drug profiles -- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- Salicylates -- Nonnarcotic painkillers -- Opiate-containing painkillers -- Barbiturates -- Arthritis and gout -- 7. Drugs for cough, cold, allergy, and asthma -- Cough and cold -- Combination drugs for cold, cough, or allergy -- What is the common cold? -- How to treat a cold -- Sore throat -- Cough : a necessary evil -- Fever, headache, and muscle aches -- When to seek medical help -- Allergy and hay fever -- How to treat allergic symptoms -- Drugs for allergy -- Asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema -- Treatment -- Proper use of inhalers -- Drug profiles -- Cough, cold, and allergy -- Antihistamines-- Decongestants -- Cough suppressants -- Combination antihistamines, decongestants, and/or cough preparations -- Nasal steroids -- Asthma -- Beta agonists -- Xanthines -- Inhaled steroids -- Leukotriene inhibitors -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary (lung) disease.
505 0 $a8. Drugs for diabetes -- Diabetes prevention and treatment -- What is diabetes? -- Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1) -- Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2) -- Health care for diabetics -- Drug profiles -- Sulfonylureas -- Insulins -- Thiazolidinediones (glitazones) -- Biguanides -- Meglitinides -- 9. Diet drugs -- No evidence that diet drugs work-- Drug profiles -- 10. Oral contraceptives -- Pregnancy prevention -- Adverse effects -- Health benefits -- Drug profiles -- Second-generation oral contraceptives -- Third-generation oral contraceptives -- Other oral contraceptives -- 11. Drugs for migraine headaches -- Treating migraine headaches -- Drug profiles -- Serotonin stimulators -- Other drugs for migraine headaches -- 12. Thyroid replacement drugs -- Thyroid hormone -- Levothyroxine and the FDA -- T4 alone or combined with T3? -- Beware of doctors diagnosing "Wilson's syndrome" and compounding pharmacists -- Drug profiles -- 13. Drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Diagnosis and treatment -- ADHD in adults -- Drug profiles -- Central nervous system stimulants -- 14. Muscle relaxants -- Lack of effectiveness -- Drug profiles -- 15. Drugs for enlarged prostate -- Benign prostatic hypertrophy -- Drug profiles -- Alpha-blockers -- 5-alpha reductase inhibitors.
505 0 $a16. Eye drugs -- General instructions for application of eye drops and ointment -- Glaucoma -- Drug profiles -- Glaucoma -- Infection -- Inflammation -- Allergy -- Artificial tears -- 17. Drugs for gastrointestinal disorders -- Ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) -- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) -- Constipation -- Diarrhea -- Gas -- Drug profiles -- Ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) -- Antacids -- Histamine2-blockers -- Proton pump inhibitors -- Prostaglandins-- Antibiotic-containing treatments -- Coating agents -- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) -- Nausea -- Constipation -- Diarrhea -- Other gastrointestinal drugs -- 18. Drugs for osteoporosis -- The great failed hormone replacement experiment -- A safer approach : exercise, calcium, and vitamin D supplementation -- Drug profiles -- Bisphosphonates -- Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) -- Hormones -- Parathyroid hormone -- 19. Drugs for Alzheimer's disease -- Overview -- Drug profiles -- Cholinesterase inhibitors -- NMDA receptor inhibitors -- Ergot derivatives -- 20. Drugs for erectile dysfunction -- Overview -- Drug profiles -- Phosphodiesterase inhibitors -- 21. Drugs for urinary disorders -- Urinary system -- Drug profiles -- Anticholinergics -- Cholinergics -- Urinary tract analgesics.
505 0 $a22. Drugs for neurological disorders -- Drug profiles -- Parkinson's disease -- Epilepsy -- Spasticity -- 23. Adrenal steroids -- What are adrenal steroids? -- Drug profiles -- Oral adrenal steroids -- Topical adrenal steroids -- 24. Drugs for infections -- Antibiotics -- Widespread misprescribing of antibiotics -- Problems for misuse of antibiotics-- Avoiding unnecessary use of antibiotics -- The importance of completing a full course of therapy -- Newer versus older antibiotics -- Penicillins and cephalosporins -- Fluoroquinolones -- Tetracyclines -- Drug profiles -- Bacterial infection -- Penicillins -- Cephalosporins -- Macrolides -- Ketolides -- Tetracyclines -- Sulfonamides (sulfa drugs) -- Fluoroquinolones -- Other drugs for bacterial infection -- Tuberculosis -- Fungal infection -- Parasitic infection -- Viral infection -- 25. Hormones -- Hormone replacement therapy -- How did the estrogen vogue begin and why did it continue? -- Drug profiles -- Estrogens -- Progestins -- Anti-estrogens -- Hormone combinations -- 26. Drugs for smoking cessation -- You can quit smoking -- Drug profiles -- Nicotine products -- Other drugs for smoking cessation.
505 0 $a27. Vitamins and minerals -- Overview -- Causes of vitamin and mineral deficiencies -- Too few calories -- An unbalanced, low-quality diet -- Medical problems and drugs -- How to prevent and treat a vitamin or mineral deficiency -- Steps toward a better diet -- Who needs vitamin and mineral supplements? -- Taking vitamin and mineral supplements as "insurance" -- Guidelines for selecting vitamin and mineral supplements -- Recommended dietary allowances (RDA), what they really mean -- The myth of megadose -- Supplement profiles -- Vitamins -- Minerals -- 28. Dietary and herbal supplements -- Growing use of dietary supplements -- Regulatory status of dietary supplements -- Assessing the effectiveness of dietary supplements -- How this chapter was compiled -- Supplement profiles -- 29. Protecting yourself and your family from preventable drug-induced injury -- Communication : activating yourself and your doctor -- "Do not use" drugs -- "Do not use for seven years" drugs -- Ten rules for safer drug use -- what you can do : finding information about new drugs -- Reading package inserts -- Beware of patient information leaflets (PILs) routinely distributed by pharmacists -- 30. Saving money when buying prescription drugs -- Five ways to save -- Glossary -- MedWatch from -- Index of drugs and dietary supplements -- Drug worksheet.
520 $aA consumer's guide to frequently prescribed medications offers information on dangerous drugs, hundreds of safer alternative medications, the two hundred most commonly prescribed pills, and new drugs on the market.
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