Description
Medicines of all kinds heal thousands and comfort millions, but few of us ever use them to maximum benefit. Yet much of the disappointment, the side-effects and the wasted money is avoidable if we understand enough either to cooperate with a doctor, or to medicate ourselves intelligently.
This is the first book to tell the ordinary reader in ordinary language:
1) When it is desirable or useful to take a drug or to consult a doctor about a prescription.
2) What specific drugs really do.
3) How to ensure appropriate dosages.
4) How to minimize side-effects.
5) How to liaise with a doctor or pharmacist.
Part One outlines the basic principles of drug use. Part Two analyses groups of drugs by their uses. Part Three lists drugs alphabetically giving precautions, dosages and cross-references to Part Two. Overall, the book provides a unique guide to virtually every commonly used medicine and drug in Britain today.
ISBN:0140510699
