The people's pharmacy : a guide to prescription drugs, home remedies, and over-the-counter medications / Joe Graedon.
Publication details: New York : St. Martin's press, c1976.Description: 401 p. ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 615.1 22 GRA
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Contents;
1. Introduction
2. What is a drug?
3. Drug safety and effectiveness or the double edged sword
4. Sexy trade secrets and home remedies: What your doctor does not know or will not tell you
5. Over-the-counter medication: Your friendly neighborhood pusher, the local pharmacist
6. Drug interactions: When 1+1 may equal 3
7. Allergy: Oh my aching nose
8. Asthma: A medical quagmire
9. Contraception: The pill, the IUD, and vasectomy
10. Drugs from pregnancy through childhood, or medicine could be hazardous to your child's health
11. Preventing high blood pressure and heart attack with and without drugs
12. How to save money on prescription drugs
13. Self treatment: Traveling in Afghanistan or what to do when the doctor won't come
14. A guide to chain store prices of frequently prescribed drugs
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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