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| Introduction | |
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| How This Book Was Compiled | |
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| Medical Advisers | |
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| Index of Drugs | |
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| Misprescribing and Overprescribing of Drugs | |
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| Evidence of Misprescribing and Overprescribing | |
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| The Causes of Misprescribing and Overprescribing | |
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| Adverse Drug Reactions | |
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| How Extensive Is the Problem of Specific Adverse Drug Reactions? | |
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| Specific Patient Examples Nine Reasons | |
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| Why Older Adults Are More Likely Than Younger Adults to Have Adverse Drug Reactions | |
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| Which Adverse Effects Can Be Caused by Which Drugs? | |
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| Summary of Adverse Reactions and the Drugs That Cause Them | |
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| Drugs That Can Affect the Mind (Such as Those Causing Depression or Psychoses) | |
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| Drugs That Can Cause Abnormal, Involuntary Movements | |
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| Drugs That Can Disturb Balance | |
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| Drugs That Can Cause Sexual Dysfunction | |
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| Drugs That Can Affect the Gastrointestinal (GI) | |
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| Tract Drugs That Can Cause Lung Toxicity | |
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| Drugs That Can Affect the Urinary Tract | |
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| 456 Drugs Commonly Used by Consumers | |
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| How to Use This Chapter Drugs for Heart Conditions Drug Listings | |
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| High Blood Pressure Potassium Supplementation Beta-blockers Calcium Channel Blockers | |
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| Cholesterol-lowering Drugs Drug Profiles | |
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| Mind Drugs | |
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| Drug Listings Tranquilizers and Sleeping Pills Antipsychotic Drugs | |
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| Depression Drug Profiles Painkillers and Arthritis Drugs Drug Listings Salicylates Narcotics | |
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| Arthritis and Inflammation Drug Profiles Gastrointestinal Drugs | |
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| Drug Listings | |
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| Diarrhea Constipation | |
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| GasDrug Profiles | |
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| Cold, Cough, Allergy, and Asthma Drugs | |
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| Drug Listings Cold Allergy and Hay Fever | |
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| Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, and Emphysema | |
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| Drug Profiles | |
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| Drugs for Infections Drug Listings | |
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| AntibioticsPenicillins and Cephalosporins Fluoroquinolones Tetracyclines Drug Profiles Drugs for Diabetes | |
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| Drug Listings | |
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| Diabetes and Its Treatment Drug Profiles | |
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| Drugs for Neurological Disorders Drug Listings | |
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| Drug Profiles Nutritional Supplements | |
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| Supplement Listings Nutritional Supplements | |
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| Supplement Profiles | |
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| Eye Drugs | |
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| Drug Listings | |
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| General Instructions for Application of Eye Drops and Ointment | |
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| GlaucomaDrug Profiles Drugs for Other Conditions Drug Listings | |
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| Corticosteroids Drug Profiles | |
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| Protecting Yourself and Your Family from Preventable Drug-induced Injury | |
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| Sample Drug Worksheet | |
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| Saving Money While Avoiding Injury When Buying Prescription Drugs | |
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| Glossary Drug Worksheet | |