The first book to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of all three types of medicine: prescription, over-the-counter, and herbal. With more than 7,200 entries, this book offers complete, understandable information on the pills and potions Americans use to treat and prevent illness. Line drawings.
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From Library Journal
This handbook by the author of A Con sumer's Dictionary of Household, Yard, and Office Chemicals ( LJ 7/92) and other consumer references covers more than 7000 prescription, nonprescription, and herbal medications, along with medical definitions. The informative introduction explains the differences among the three types of medications and describes their safe use. All listings are interfiled alphabetically instead of being broken down into sections, and cross references are provided. Entries include the substance's status (prescription, nonprescription, herbal), alternate and trade names, and a brief listing of uses and potential side effects. While not overflowing with detailed information, this book is a convenient quick reference tool. Recommended for public libraries.
- Kathleen McQuiston, Philadelphia Coll. of Pharmacy & Science
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Kathleen McQuiston, Philadelphia Coll. of Pharmacy & Science
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Information about drugs is in constant demand. A number of excellent sources on this subject already exist. A Consumer's Dictionary of Medicines is a new addition to the literature.
Winter, author of A Consumer's Dictionary of Household, Yard, and Office Chemicals (Crown, 1992) and similar works on cosmetics and food additives, provides information about prescription, over-the-counter, herbal, and homeopathic drugs in this new book. An introduction explains each of these preparations and discusses the regulatory role of the Food and Drug Administration and the safe use of medication. She also includes some basic medical terminology (e.g., B cell, obsessive-compulsive disorder). The brief entries contain the chemical name of the drug and its brand names, uses, side effects, and interactions with other drugs or foods. Herbs are listed by their common English names rather than their Latin botanical ones, with the latter and alternative common names included in the entry. See references refer the user from brand or alternative names to the generic names used in the dictionary.
The information in this book is accurate but very brief, which limits is usefulness. This is especially true of the general medical terms. Diphtheria is defined as "an acute contagious disease once fatal to many children but no longer a problem due to vaccination," with nothing about the bacterium, symptoms, epidemiology, or treatment. There are no illustrations of medications or herbs to assist with identification. The Complete Drug Reference (Consumer Reports, annual) provides more comprehensive information about prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Michael Castleman's Healing Herbs (Rodale, 1992) and Penelope Ody's Complete Medical Herbal (Dorling Kindersley, 1993) provide more complete, illustrated coverage of herbs. Any of the standard medical dictionaries--Dorland's, Stedman's, Taber's--offer better definitions of medical terms. These works are more appropriate for reference collections. A Consumer's Dictionary of Medicines is better suited to circulating collections or home libraries.
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Ruth Winter, MS, The author of 37 popular health books, was past president of The American Society of Journalists and Authors and winner of many awards including: The American Medical Writers Award for Magazine Writing; The National Association of Science Writers Service Award and The American Society of Authors and Journalists Career Achievement Award for Non-Fiction. Ruth Winter is the former science editor of The Newark Star-Ledger, and syndicated for columnist the Los Angeles Time. She contributes often to the Internet. Her A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetics and A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives have just been published in their Seventh Editions by Crown/Three Rivers. She has also written three books with her neurosurgeon husband including the bestselling Brain Workout (St.Martins) They have three children, Robin Winter-Sperry CEO of Scientific Advantage; Craig, Director of Anti-Piracy for The Motion Picture Association of American and Grant, president of Manhattan Bureau Corp, a video film production company. Ruth and her husband Arthur have three grandchildren, Samathana, Hunter and Katlynd.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very complete & concise guide to every known medicinal.,
By RukaVal@aol.com or Valorie Ruka (San Diego, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Consumer's Dictionary of Medicines, A New, Expanded Updated Edition: Prescription, Over-the-Counter, Homeopathic, and Herbal Plus Medical Definitions -With Over 8,000 Entr (Paperback)
This is an excellent & complete reference to every medicinal product from Dristan Nasal Spray to marijuana to Zyrtec. It includes uses, abuses, side effects, interactions, FDA warnings and results of scientific research (if available) for every known drug. It is in dictionary format with references and cross references for scientific, generic and common names of each medicine. All of the pharmacological terms are also referenced. The book uses readily understandable descriptions without being oversimplified. There are not specific dosage recommendations and there are no illustrations, but otherwise this book has everything. I recommend it for health care professionals as well as consumers and give it 4 and 1/2 stars.
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This review is from: Consumer's Dictionary Of Medicines Prescriptions,: Over-the-Counter & Herbal, Plus Medical Definitions (Paperback)
Easy to read,understand, would get another if I needed itmBUT this has all the info. I need.
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