No other book on the
market offers the
scope and clarity of
Are Your Meds Making
You Sick? A Pharmacist’s
Guide to Avoiding Dangerous
Drug Interactions, Reactions and
Side-Effects. By learning to think
like a clinical hospital pharmacist,
we become aware of the common
signs and symptoms of drug-induced
illness and how to avoid
them. The author also covers some
of the common non-drug medications—herbs, supplements, diet
pills—that have potentially dangerous
interactions with common prescription and
over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.
Also explained in this life-saving book is how
seemingly good drugs can harm a patient’s kidneys,
liver, brain and heart and thus the importance of
matching meds to personal physiology, medical history
and risk profile.
Some of the medication induced
illnesses addressed are pneumonia, respiratory
insufficiency, renal failure, bleeding, toxicity,
pancreatitis, hypoglycemia, hearing loss, liver failure,
seizure, coughing, intestinal
blockage, heart problems, diabetic
complications, diarrhea, hyperkalemia,
movement disorders,
opiate withdrawal, rhabdomyolysis,
Stevens Johnson Syndrome,
vertigo, falling, hallucination, and
psychosis, among many others.
This book is highly accessible and
formatted for quick reference for
non-experts and experts alike. As
the U.S. population ages, and
there is a steady increase in the
number of prescribed and OTC
medications and alternative remedies
being used, this book will
only become more important for the average consumer.
By Robert R. Gold Ph.D., M.B.A.—an
acknowledged expert in the field of drug interaction.
Softcover, 240 pages