People's Guide To Deadly Drug Interactions Joe Graedon First Edition Hardcover

This listing is for The People's Guide To Deadly Drug Interactions Joe Graedon First Edition Hardcover Book. 

Title: The People's Guide To Deadly Drug Interactions: How To Protect Yourself From Life-Threatening Drug-Drug, Drug-Food, Drug-Vitamin Combinations

Author: Joe Graedon, Teresa Graedon 

Publisher: St. Martin's Press; 1st edition (October 15, 1995)

Language: English

Hardcover: 432 pages

ISBN-10: 0312132433

ISBN-13: 978-0312132439

Covers drug interactions and tells how, when, and with what to take medicine. Eating aged cheese while taking MAO inhibitors can cause fatal hypertension. Calcium interferes with the action of some antibiotics. Barbiturates inhibit oral contraceptives. Taking medication is such a routine process that people do not think about the food or other drugs that they consume with it. This could be dangerous or fatal. This new book by pharmacologist Joe Graedon and medical anthropologist Teresa Graedon addresses the subject of drug interactions in an easy-to-understand format. After explaining the different types of drug interactions and telling readers how to protect themselves, the authors present several chapters with detailed information: drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions, drug-vitamin and drug-mineral interactions, prescription drug-over-the-counter drug interactions, drug-alcohol interactions, and drug interactions affecting women, children, and older people. The second half of the book consists of charts arranged alphabetically by drug class (antianxiety drugs, diabetes drugs, etc.). These charts are color coded to show the level of severity--life-threatening, dangerous, or troublesome--of the interaction of these drugs with other drugs. Readers are cautioned to consult a physician or pharmacist for detailed information pertaining to their individual situation. They are also told to be sure that all physicians consulted know about every drug, including over-the-counter medicines, vitamin supplements, and herbs, that they are taking. This book fills a genuine need in consumer-health collections. It provides detailed information in lay language about a subject neglected in most drug-information sources. It is reasonably priced, so purchasing both reference and circulating copies is highly recommended.

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