A consumer's drug guide explains how to choose the best and safest prescription medications and incorporates a program for eliminating and replacing unsafe and inappropriate prescription drugs
The ultimate family guide to personal pharmacology and medication use.
Reports on the ineffectiveness of many drugs, with ratings of different brand-name products and suggestions for simple and inexpensive substitutes
Pills that Don't Work: A Consumers' and Doctors' Guide to 610 Prescription Drugs that Lack Evidence of Effectiveness
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This short book, which will be enjoyed by readers of An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore and Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre, will be the subject of a TEDex talk given by Professor Dame Sally Davies at the Royal Albert Hall.
Pills that Don't Work: A Consumers' and Doctors' Guide to Over 600 Prescription Drugs that Lack Evidence of Effectiveness
This provocative book guides you through the minefield of choices you face every time you buy vitamins and minerals.
Pills That Don't Work
Pills That Don't Work
This easy-to-use guide details foods that can interfere with the action of the medication—whether taken for the short or long term. In this book, readers can easily find a medication, see what foods to avoid, and make smart swaps.