cam a22 4 4500 530017709 CHVBK 20200622141730.0 181023s2018 xxk |||| 000 0 eng|d 1-4087-0977-5 pbk. 978-1-4087-0977-1 pbk. (IDSBB)006683287 (NEBIS)011245640 (OCoLC)961003791 YDX ger YDX OCLCQ SzZuIDS BS/BE B452 rda 610 15 Le Fanu James (DE-588)1037315618 Verfasser aut Too many pills how too much medicine is endangering our health and what we can do about it James Le Fanu London Little Brown [2018] xv, 303 Seiten 24 cm Over the past fifteen years the number of prescriptions has increased threefold - an additional 300 million annually - so it is now not unusual for those in their seventies to be taking half a dozen (or more) different drugs. This might be justified were it driven by a flood of new, effective treatments for the relief of common medical conditions - but that is not the case. There has been a fundamental shift in the rationale of drug treatment - we no longer only treat symptoms, we aim to control more aspects of physiology than ever before: blood pressure, glucose levels and cholesterol must all be brought within 'normal' levels in order to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Drugs, however, are not without side effects, and one in four acute admissions to hospitals are now caused by adverse reactions to medication. Drawing on fifty years' experience in medical practice, James Le Fanu reveals the truth about medicine's metamorphosis from modest beginnings in alleviating pain to the massive global phenomenon it is today, sounds the alarm about the dangers of over-medication, and shows us how the future of medicine can be if we'd just stop taking the pills Medical Overuse (DNLM)D000069342 Inappropriate Prescribing (DNLM)D057970 Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions (DNLM)D064420 Drugs Overdose BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 Stoppsignal FRED nebis DS mugmon201807p morg idszbz Z2 SachE Z13 IDSBB B452 B452 452LB MED_QV_748 11 NELB4521810 NEBIS Z13 Z13 Z13MG Q 775 IDSBB 100 1- Le Fanu James (DE-588)1037315618 Verfasser aut NEBIS 100 1- Le Fanu James (DE-588)1037315618 Verfasser aut