Preventing medication errors at home / Simon Haroutounian.

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Main Author: Haroutounian, Simon (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Drugs > Popular works.
Medication errors > Prevention.
MEDICAL / Pharmacology.
Drugs.
Popular works.
Genre:
Popular works.
Physical Description:x, 394 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I: everything you need to know about drugs
  • Prescription medications: friend or foe?
  • Why do I need to understand my drugs better?
  • What does our body do to drugs? the amazing journey of a molecule
  • What do the drugs do to our body?
  • Taking my drugs properly
  • Avoiding undesired drug effects
  • Combining drugs with food and drinks
  • Drug-drug interactions
  • Do it yourself: over the counter (OTC) drugs and disease prevention
  • Drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding
  • Part II: medication therapy tips in common disease states
  • High blood pressure: the silent killer you can stop
  • Fighting the battle against lipids and cholesterol
  • Blood thinners: the balancing act between bleeding and clotting
  • Not so sweet: managing diabetes
  • Let me breathe! step-by-step asthma management
  • Epilepsy: understand your drugs to stop the seizures
  • Hoping for a better day. treating depression
  • Does it really have to hurt? managing pain wisely
  • Thyroid problems. restoring the delicate energetic balance
  • Infections. destroying the invaders while saving the host
  • Summary.