A silent epidemic in the United States is imperiling our health and threatens to bankrupt our healthcare system: overmedication.
Combining stories of those who have suffered ill Effects from taking too many drugs with data from cutting-edge medical findings, Do You Really Need That Pill? helps readers realize they can choose different solutions to their health problems..
Finally, readers will learn: how to discuss their concerns about too many medications with their healthcare providers, simple ways to make positive lifestyle changes, and when to consider alternative healing approaches.
It tells which drugs are Really needed and whether or not they cause Side effects.
The second half discusses the benefits and harms caused by many of the most popular drugs used to treat diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, acid reflux, depression, and pain.
The first half of the book describes the Dangers of taking too many drugs, including drug-drug interactions, medication errors, unintentional overdoses, unnecessary medications, made-up illnesses ("restless leg syndrome"), and Side Effects That actually mimic a new illness.
This book--the first of its kind--tackles the epidemic overuse of prescription drugs.
Today, one-third of all adults take two or more prescription drugs, and half of all seniors take more than five daily.
A silent epidemic in the United States is imperiling our health and threatens to bankrupt our healthcare system: overmedication
