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An edition of Problem drugs (1995)

Problem drugs

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Tens of thousands of drugs are on sale all over the world. Most are at best ineffecive or a waste of money; some are actually unsafe. This book names them. it also assesses the consequences for public health of their frequently inappropriate or unnecessary use. It draws on the experience of health workers from around the world and covers a wide range of drugs including antibiotics, antidiarrhoeals, analgesics, cough and cold preparations, contraceptives, drugs for use in pregnancy, hormone replacement therapy, pyschotropic drugs, growth stimulants and vitamins.

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Zed Books [in association with] Health Action International
Language
English
Pages
338

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Drugs, Pharmacology, Adverse Effects, Rational use of medicines, Marketing, Prescribing, Pharmaceutical industry, Medication abuse
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Problem drugs
1995, Zed Books [in association with] Health Action International
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: What is a Problem Drug?
2. Drugs and Children: Starting the Habit of a Lifetime
3. Women and Drugs: Disturbing a Delicate Balance
4. Drugs and the Elderly: Too Often, Too Many, Too Much
5. Antidiarrhoeals: Dying for Lack of a Drink
6. Antidiarrhoeals containing Antibiotics: Dangerous Combination
7. Hydroxyquinoolines: Worldwide Withdrawal ... Overdue for 20 Years
8. Diphenoylate: 'Not an Innocuous Drug'
9. Loperamide: Not for Children
10. Antibiotics: The Antibiotic Crisis
11. Analgesics: Killing Pain
12. Dipyrone: A Drug No One Needs
13. Non-Steroidal Anit-Inflammatory Drugs: New Sorts of Aspirin In Disguise
14. Cough and Cold Preparations: Peddling Placebos
15. Growth Stimulants: Swatting the Symptoms of Malnutrition
16. Brain Tonics: Drugs in Search of a Disease
17. Vitamins: Vitamins Stimulate Growth ... of the Pharmaceutical Industry
18. Drugs in Pregnancy: Unnecessary Risks
19. Diethylstilbestrol: The Time Bomb Explodes
20. Oestrogen-Progesterone Drugs: A Sordid, Sorry Tale
21. Contraceptives: Who's in Control?
22. The Pill: Lowering the Risks
23. Intrauterine Devices: Effective ... but Safe?
24. Injectables: Not the First Choice
25. Implants: Contraceptive Freedom or Coercion?
26. Hormone Replacement Therapy: Selling Eternal Youth
27. Pyschotropics: Tales of Dependence

Edition Notes

Originally published as a pack by Health Action International.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London

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Library of Congress
RM301 .C488 1995

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Pagination
xiii,338p. ;
Number of pages
338

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OL22409929M
Internet Archive
problemdrugs0000chet
ISBN 10
1856493202
LCCN
95021720

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