Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Preventing Drug-Induced Death

By Sid M. Wolfe and Larry D. Sasich

An updated consumer's guide to frequently prescribed medications offers valuable information on dangerous drugs, hundreds of safer alternative medications, the two hundred most commonly prescribed... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067101918X
• ISBN13: 9780671019181
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Pocket
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.7" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Dont be fooled by the reviews

This book is information you need to know. You are not going to get it from your doctor. You are not going to get it from the FDA either. Your doctor is under pressure from the pharmaceutical reps to push their respective drugs.The FDA is completely co-opted by the fact that they recieve millions of dollars each year from the pharmaceutical industry-who bombards you daily with TV ads telling you to ask your doctor for their products without really telling you what their product is. You need REAL information!!!!!!! The bottom line folks is that the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry) and the pharmaceutical industry itself are dancing a dangerous dance, and we are the floor they are dancing on.As far as the "do not take" drug list in the book goes, all of those drugs listed have safer alternatives, most being older tried and true drugs that have been pushed aside for the new crop of "superdrugs".On a side note: I cant help but notice that on this last thursday it was reported that Bush is preparing to sign legislation limiting or capping class action lawsuits and on this last Friday it was reorted that the FDA is encouraging the readmittance of drugs live Vioxx back into the marketplace. Curious

Best pill book I've read!

This book tells you what the drug manufacturers would rather you not know; adverse reactions, side effects, etc. Also includes advice on taking new drugs not yet included in this edition. For most drugs I take, I could not find the complete info at the manufacturers sites. However, unless I missed an entry in the book, a website by the publisher/author for updated information would be good.

Worst Pills Best Pills

This book has been very valuable to me as a gerontologist working with elderly and dementia patients.

EXCELLENT , SUPERIOR , OUTSTANDING, UNDERSTANDABLE

I have used this book for many years and I have found it to be the best source of information to evaluate my medicines and their effect on me .

HONEST AND WELL-RESEARCHED

This is the best book around for the layman on this subject