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Prescription for Disaster
Thomas J. Moore
其他書名
The Hidden Dangers in Your Medicine Cabinet
出版Simon & Schuster, 1998
主題Family & Relationships / GeneralHealth & Fitness / GeneralMedical / Drug GuidesMedical / PharmacologyMedical / ReferenceMedical / ToxicologyPolitical Science / General
ISBN06848299839780684829982
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eq04AQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Although the pharmaceutical industry says that prescription medicines are as safe as they can possibly be, prescribed drugs kill more people each year than automobile and airplane crashes combined and send approximately one million people to the hospital. As Thomas J. Moore demonstrates in Prescription for Disaster, the system that puts drugs in our medicine cabinets is flawed. Nearly every one of the most popular prescription drugs has potentially serious side effects, yet doctors seldom discuss them for fear that patients will be too frightened to take their medicine. For example, Motrin, Advil, and Aleve may cause life threatening perforated ulcers; Prozac is linked to 242 different adverse effects; Xanax can be highly addictive. Tranquilizers, sleep aids, painkillers, drugs that lower cholesterol, combat depression, reduce blood pressure - all have documented risks. And while many drugs are valuable, none is entirely safe. Most of us trust our doctor to pick the right drugs for us, but doctors often make mistakes, prescribing drugs that are inappropriate or dangerous, or ignoring FDA warnings. Moore does not suggest that we stop taking prescription drugs, but he does explain how to be an informed consumer. There are steps each of us can take to minimize our chances of being hospitalized or injured by medication. Moore explains which questions to ask your doctor and pharmacist to avoid unnecessary risk. Documented with hundreds of scientific studies from mainstream medicine, Prescription for Disaster makes a compelling case for action to reduce the toll of needless injuries and deaths from prescription drugs.