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020 _a9781408709771
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050 0 0 _aRM302.5
_b.L44 2018
100 1 _aLe Fanu, James,
_eauthor.
_980582
245 1 0 _aToo many pills :
_bhow too much medicine is endangering our health and what we can do about it /
_cJames Le Fanu.
264 1 _aGreat Britain :
_bLittle, Brown,
_c2018.
300 _axv, 303 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 265-288) and index.
520 _aOver the past fifteen years the number of prescriptions has increased threefold - an additional 300 million annually - so it is now not unusual for those in their seventies to be taking half a dozen (or more) different drugs. This might be justified were it driven by a flood of new, effective treatments for the relief of common medical conditions - but that is not the case. There has been a fundamental shift in the rationale of drug treatment - we no longer only treat symptoms, we aim to control more aspects of physiology than ever before: blood pressure, glucose levels and cholesterol must all be brought within 'normal' levels in order to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Drugs, however, are not without side effects, and one in four acute admissions to hospitals are now caused by adverse reactions to medication. Drawing on fifty years' experience in medical practice, James Le Fanu reveals the truth about medicine's metamorphosis from modest beginnings in alleviating pain to the massive global phenomenon it is today, sounds the alarm about the dangers of over-medication, and shows us how the future of medicine can be if we'd just stop taking the pills.
650 0 _aDrugs
_vPopular works.
_980583
650 0 _aDrugs
_xOverdose.
_980584
650 0 _aDrugs
_xSide effects.
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