Overview
If you-or someone you love-takes one or more medications regularly, you need this book. Clear, complete descriptions of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, including dosages, side effects, food and drug interactions, and allergic reactions. Important information on how your medication needs change with the years, and on the problems of drug sensitivity and overmedication, as well as how top spot the subtle warning signs that a drug or dosage needs to be adjusted. Case histories that clarify your doctor's diagnosis, drug choices, and long-term treatment plans for common medical conditions. What nonprescription drugs will do-and not do-for you, from aspirin to antacids, laxatives to sleeping pills. How to pay the least and get the most from your medications every day.
The co-author of the three-million-copy bestseller, The Pill Book, presents a comprehensive consumer guide for the 20 million-plus senior citizens who take drugs regularly. Reveals the special drug needs created by changes in the aging body. Original.