Drugs and Medicines: A Consumers' Guide

by Roy Spector and Roderick A. Cawson

This comprehensive volume provides valuable information on the nature of a wide variety of prescription drugs for lay readers. It describes the treatment of common illnesses, and how the drugs used to remedy these illnesses act, as well as their side effects. Emphasis is placed on the testing of pharmaceuticals and the role of the drug industry. An informative listing of almost 5000 prescription and over-the-counter medications is included, with categorization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192616552
• ISBN13: 9780192616555
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"