Books+ Search Results
Are your prescriptions killing you? : how to prevent dangerous interactions, avoid deadly side effects, and be healthier with fewer drugs
Author
Title
Are your prescriptions killing you? : how to prevent dangerous interactions, avoid deadly side effects, and be healthier with fewer drugs / Armon B. Neel, Jr. and Bill Hogan.
ISBN
9781451608397 (hbk.)
145160839X (hbk.)
9781451608410 (ebk.)
1451608411 (ebk.)
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Published
New York : Atria Books, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
A veteran board-certified pharmacist cites the high number of annual deaths associated with prescription drug side effects, calling for changes in prescription practices that account for the needs of aging bodies.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: The pharmacist who says no to drugs
Introduction: A pharmacist's journey
Good-bye and good luck : helping yourself to better health
Things change : our aging bodies
Piling on : the peril of polypharmacy
Off-limits for older people : the Beers criteria
a list that could save your life
Off the charts : do you really need those blood pressure drugs?
Phantom killers : NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs)
Proton pump inhibitors : the miracle drugs that aren't
Statin roulette : drugs of last resort
Down and out : drug-induced falls
The bone-scare drugs : what you should know about bisphosphonates
Does Dad really have Alzheimer's? : a look at drug-induced dementia
Taking charge : a step-by-step guide to controlling your medications (rather than letting them control you)
Prescription for change : how to fix a broken health care system
Epilogue: Miss Lillian
Taking stock: a self-assessment quiz.
Subjects
Also listed under
Bookmark As
Citation
