Women's Pill Book Your Complete Guide to Prescription and over-The-Counter Medications

Name: Women's Pill Book Your Complete Guide to Prescription and over-The-Counter Medications
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ISBN: 9780312603823

ISBN-10: 0312603827

ISBN-13: 9780312603823

Edition: 2012

Authors: Deborah Mitchell, Marjorie Luckey

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Women are major consumers and highly proactive when it comes to attending to their health care. In the tradition of the mega-bestseller, THE PILL BOOK, comes a medication guide just for women-a book that addresses their needs, concerns, and questions about the plethora of prescription and over-the-counter drugs available. A mix of narrative and reference, THE WOMEN'S PILL BOOK is speaks directly to the specific health challenges women face: * Unique Reproductive * Chronic Pain * Autoimmune Disorder * Heart Disease * Hormonal Challenges * Prescription Drug Abuse Plus profiles of hundreds of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, including generic and brand name, benefits, side effects, and…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 3/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Health Challenges Facing Today's Women



Unique Reproductive Challenges


Menstruation


Endometriosis


Gynecologic Cancers


Pelvic Inflammatory Disease


Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome


Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pregnancy, and Your Baby


Uterine Fibroids


Other Reproductive Challenges



Chronic Pain Challenges


What Is Chronic Pain?


Pain and Hormones


Emotions and Pain


Pain Is in Your Brain


Communicate Your Pain


Medications for Chronic Pain


Motivate: What Else Can You Do?


A Precautionary Tale



Autoimmune Disorder Challenges


Autoimmune Disorders in Women


You, Doctors, and Autoimmune Disorders


Finding Information and Getting Professional Help


Medications for Autoimmune Diseases


Autoimmune Disorders, Pregnancy, and Medications


What You Can Do to Help Yourself



Heart Disease Challenges


Women and Heart Disease


Medications and Heart Risks


Supplements and Heart Risks


Hormone Replacement Therapy and Heart Risks


Heart Disease: Are You at Risk?



Hormonal Challenges


Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias


Breast Cancer


Depression


Fibrocystic Breasts


Osteoporosis



Prescription Drug Abuse


First, a Word About Illegal Drug Abuse


Prescription Drug Abuse Among Women


The Drugs of Abuse


"Neither a Borrower, nor a Lender Be"


Men and Women Are Different


It's Time to Quit



Drug and Supplement Profiles


Bibliography


Resources


Index