Ask Your Pharmacist: A Leading Pharmacist Answers Your Most Frequently Asked Questions [Paperback]

Lisa M. Chavis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 22, 2002

With humor and friendliness, leading pharmacist Lisa Chavis has compiled a home health reference that every family must have. Her objective is to provide consumers with easy-to-understand answers to their most frequently asked health-care questions. Ask Your Pharmacist gives readers the inside scoop on which products really work, as well as the best remedies for common ailments, and it cheerfully answers those embarrassing questions you'd rather not ask in person. The book's chapters each deal with a specific area of health: women's, men's, babies', teens' and more. And each entry explains what the problem is, why it occurs, and how it's treated with prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, or herbal remedies.

Learn what to do for:
ADHD * Allergies * Asthma * Athletic Injuries * Backache * Bad Breath * Bee Stings * BPH * Bunions * Cataracts * Chicken Pox * Cold and Cough * Constipation * Corns/Calluses * Dandruff * Diaper Rash * Diarrhea * Earaches * Excessive Hair * Fever * Fibromyalgia * Gas * Headache * Hives * Insomnia * Migraine * Nausea and Vomiting * Osteoarthritis * Rheumatoid Arthritis * Shingles * Sinusitis * Sore Throats * Sprains and Strains * Tinnitus * Toothache * Varicose Veins...and much, much more!

Special appendixes round out the book with information for readers on:

How to create a family first-aid kit, what to keep on hand when bringing home a new baby, additional resources to go to for help, and a glossary to help readers make sense of "pharmacy speak."

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Ask Your Pharmacist: A Leading Pharmacist Answers Your Most Frequently Asked Questions grew out of pharmacist Lisa Chavis's eponymous column, as well as her work as an interactive pharmacist for drugstore.com. Chavis offers alternative, over-the-counter and prescriptive drug treatments for minor complaints aches, pains, strains. (Her mentions of brand names reflect personal experience and not corporate endorsement, she carefully notes.) This book may be most useful for addressing the sorts of embarrassing matters that, even in this confessional age, we'd rather not discuss face to face: constipation, crab lice, diarrhea, excessive sweating, etc. Agent, Sheryl Fullerton.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Registered pharmacist and syndicated columnist Chavis answers the most common questions a retail pharmacist receives. With the exception of certain conditions that require immediate medical attention, the "drug lady" usually suggests nondrug treatments and natural remedies as the first step. She may then recommend specific over-the-counter remedies and, if those do not work, prescription drugs. In certain cases, she recommends specific brands (e.g., "Viactiv are a yummy way to get 500 mg. of calcium"). The work also includes what to put in a first-aid kit and resources for further information. Although a lot of the information is available in other sources, this book is written in a practical and amusing way (the organization Lip Balm Anonymous actually exists) and does not have so much information that the reader gets lost. Highly recommended for consumer health collections. Natalie Kupferberg, Biological Sciences/Pharmacy Lib., Ohio State Univ., Columbus
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (July 22, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312283024
• ISBN-13: 978-0312283025
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,304,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful and fun to read!, August 18, 2002

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Scotty Magic (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ask Your Pharmacist: A Leading Pharmacist Answers Your Most Frequently Asked Questions (Paperback)

I started out looking up topics in this handy book by Lisa Chavis, and found myself reading page after page. Not only are there ideas and recommendations for the most common (and most aggravating) everyday health problems in here, but there is a refreshingly cheerful look at pharmacists, doctors and consumers as well. The authors never talks down to the reader and seems to anticipate the questions that come up in the reading. The Humor Pills are delightful additions to rather than distractions from the content. I learned some things and had a good time doing it!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask, July 23, 2001

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"roninnnj" (Mahwah, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ask Your Pharmacist: A Leading Pharmacist Answers Your Most Frequently Asked Questions (Hardcover)

How many times have you walked past the drug counter, saw the pharmacist in their white jacket, had a question burning inside that you wanted to ask, and passed right by because you were just too embarassed? Well now, finally, here is a prescription to help. Ask Your Pharmacist is written with an intent to help you understand. It's like taking a journey through the ailments of life, with a few stops at Disneyland on the way! From Prostate Cancer, to breast cancer; from aching, itching, sneezing to insomnia, varicose veins and acne.....it's all here. It's not often you pick up a medical book that you can't put down. But, Ask Your Pharmacist does just that. If your ready for a journey through the unknown, with a guide who knows how to lead you, then this book is for you! Go ahead, buy it, enjoy it, and then let me know I was right so I can say I told you so :-)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clears away the cobwebs!, July 20, 2001

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Frank Ferguson "fferguson" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ask Your Pharmacist: A Leading Pharmacist Answers Your Most Frequently Asked Questions (Hardcover)

Here, at last, is a book that FINALLY answers the many common health questions that even physicians who are trained to fight disease and illness are ill prepared to answer. Most of us as lay persons and conusmers feel at times uncertain about or even fearful of knowing the truth about some common health and wellness questions. The author, a leading pharmacist, shares useful truths. Makes a great gift to almost anyone. Should be a first reference guide to health and happiness in every household.

Frank Ferguson