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Are Your Meds Making You Sick?: A Pharmacist's Guide to Avoiding Dangerous Drug Interactions, Reactions, and Side-Effects Paperback – December 13, 2011

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Dangerous drug interactions and common drug-induced illnesses are a hidden epidemic in the USA—possibly throughout the world—where unqualified use and abuse of prescription drugs is becoming commonplace and many doctors prescribe multiple meds because they don't have the time to fully diagnose.

In the United States alone known adverse drug interactions cause death, injury or hospitalization to more than 2 million people yearly, and this could be the tip of the iceberg as millions of cases go undetected or unreported.

Robert S. Gold, RPh, MBA, a clinical hospital pharmacist and affiliate instructor of clinical pharmacy at Purdue University with over 27 years of experience, shows the reader how to think like a clinical hospital pharmacist. He lists his 16 Rules of Safe Medication Use that, if followed, can help prevent the common problems that medications can cause; gives specific examples and scenarios featuring the thirty-six drugs that are the most common offenders; and explains how even seemingly good drugs can harm a patient's kidney, liver, brain and heart if the patient's medical history and physical vulnerabilities are not taken into account.

Are Your Meds Making You Sick? A Pharmacist's Guide to Avoiding Dangerous Drug Interactions, Reactions and Side-Effects is highly accessible and formatted for quick reference by any layperson. As the U.S. population ages and there is a steady increase in the number of prescribed and OTC medications and alternative remedies, this book will only become more important.When pharmacist Robert Gold's father began suffering side effects from medication, his expertise in the field was a quick resource. As a pharmacist for over 27 years, however, he realized most people don't have the experience and knowledge to identify adverse drug reactions or common drug-induced illness. Are Your Meds Making You Sick? A Pharmacist's Guide to Avoiding Dangerous Drug Interactions, Reactions and Side-Effects is a highly accessible tool formatted for quick reference that any layperson can use to protect themselves and their loved ones against adverse drug interactions, reactions, and harmful--even lethal--side-effects.

As the U.S. population ages, there is a steady increase in the number of prescribed and OTC medications. Already, each year over 2 million Americans visit their health-care providers due to the adverse side effects of medication, and 700,000 make trips to the emergency room. The number of deaths resulting from adverse drug reactions and interactions has doubled in the last 25 years.

Gold starts with Sixteen Rules for Safe Medication Use--this alone is worth the price of admission--explaining that these simple rules can not only protect us against dangerous medications or drug combinations, but also help us to optimize medications' therapeutic effect. From his vantage as a pharmacist practicing for over 25 years, the author has seen most if not all of the unintended consequences of drug prescription and combining.

Gold uses a forensic or "detective" format to walk the consumer through case histories of dangerous drug interactions in which he explains to the reader what went wrong and what dangerous drug interaction or adverse effect was involved. This device immediately engages readers and, by encouraging them to look with him for a solution to the problem presented, gives them a quick, practical understanding of the subject.

No other book on the market offers the scope and clarity of
Are Your Meds Making You Sick? A Pharmacist's Guide to Avoiding Dangerous Drug Interactions, Reactions and Side-Effects. By learning to think like a clinical hospital pharmacist we become aware of the common signs and symptoms of drug-induced illness and how to avoid it. Gold also covers some of the common nondrug medications--herbs, supplements, diet pills--that have potentially dangerous interactions with common prescription and OTC drugs.

Also explained in this life-saving book is how seemingly good drugs can harm a patient's kidney, liver, brain and heart and thus the importance of matching meds to personal physiology, medical history and risk profile. Some of the medication-induced illnesses addressed in
Are Your Meds Making You Sick? A Pharmacist's Guide to Avoiding Dangerous Drug Interactions, Reactions and Side-Effects
are:

Pneumonia, respiratory insufficiency, renal failure, bleeding, toxicity, pancreatitis, hypoglycemia, hearing loss, liver failure, seizure, coughing, intestinal blockage, heart problems, diabetic complications, diarrhea, hyperkalemia, movement disorders, opiate withdrawal, rhabdomyolysis, Stevens Johnson Syndrome, falling, hallucinating, and psychosis, among many others.

Are Your Meds Making You Sick? A Pharmacist's Guide to Avoiding Dangerous Drug Interactions, Reactions and Side-Effects is highly accessible and formatted for quick reference by any layperson. As the U.S. population ages and there is a steady increase in the number of prescribed and OTC medications and alternative remedies, this book will only become more important.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hunter House; 1st edition (December 13, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0897935705
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0897935708
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2012
    I got this book because the blog, Science-Based Medicine recommended it. I take a number of meds, and this book raised a number of questions which I will raise with my primary care persons. After an introductory chapter it has a series of (constructed)case studies. Most people depicted as taking a number of meds. Robert Gold has 16 rules for taking medications. They are helpful, and important for almost anyone taking more than one drug or druglike substance (alcohol). It is a fairly easy read, and I might take an exception or two to some of his recommendations. But it really would be nice to spend an hour discussing some things. A lot of medications have a lot of serious side effects, and you often will not hear about them from your doctor or from the provided material. You also may amongst all the complication of life not be following some of the provided recommendations the doctor and the pharmacist provided. This is a good tool for taking your meds.

    ps - the pharmacy provided warnings are not as helpful as they could be. some warnings are unduly generic, and you have to read pages to see the really serious things.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2013
    I developed Coronary Artery Disease in early 2012. I was put on a beta blocker among other Rx following a successful angioplasty. Subsequently, I became depressed to the point of needing meds plus therapy. I ordered Gold's book in late August and read it completely. The section about beta blockers jumped out at me. Neither the doctor's office nor the pharmacy spoke to me concerning possible side effects but Gold mentioned depression from beta blockers. I made an appointment with my cardiologist and he transitioned me off the Rx although he was far from convinced it was the only cause of my depression. The depression lifted in the weeks that followed. I am extremely grateful to Mr. Gold for writing this book and helping average folks understand and appreciate the potential impact prescription medications may have on us. I loaned the book to a friend and never got it back thus I ordered the paper back copy recently. It is a must read for anyone taking any prescription medications. Thank you for Mr Gold for an extremely valuable and useful book!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2014
    This book is so helpful for anyone taking any kind of medication or who takes care of someone who does. I am a nurse and pretty well versed in medication contradictions but this book is a great addition to my "I have questions" books. Well written and researched and very easy to read.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2016
    This is a well-written book, but it's a series of stories about people who have gotten sick from certain meds, not an all-inclusive reference book, which is what we were looking for.

    If your med isn't part of a story, no info for you.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2017
    Very informational
  • Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2016
    Glad I purchased this book. Very helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2017
    Robert Steven Gold’s book, “Are Your Meds Making You Sick?,” exposes the drug epidemic in the United States that few are talking about. As a pharmacist with decades of experience, he helps readers to understand how to safely take their medication and avoid the worst side effects. I include “Are Your Meds Making You Sick” in the suggested reading section of Chapter 14: Drugs: Just Say NO THANKS! in my book, Your Body Can Talk: How to Use Simple Muscle Testing for Health and Well Being.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2022
    I just checked my meds against references in this book. A good buy.