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Summary: Dangerous Book!
Review: As a pharmacist I have found that books like these can be very misleading. I have met several patients who have stopped their beneficial high blood pressure medication because they read in this book that their medication is a "worst" pill. Please...if you need advice on best pills and worst pills ask your doctor or pharmacist. They know best. We learn that ALL medications have good effects and bad effects. You need to work with your doctor to find out which is the best treatment for your SPECIFIC condition. Benefits of medications always need to be weighed against the possible side effects. PLEASE ask your doctor before stopping any treatment.
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Summary: Misleading information
Review: As a pharmacist I have found that books like these can be very misleading. I have met several patients who have stopped their beneficial high blood pressure medication because they read in this book that their medication is a "worst" pill. Please...if you need advice on best pills and worst pills ask your doctor or pharmacist. They know best. We learn that ALL medications have good effects and bad effects. You need to work with your doctor to find out which is the best treatment for your SPECIFIC condition. Benefits of medications always need to be weighed against the possible side effects. PLEASE ask your doctor before stopping any treatment.
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Summary: "Best Pills, Worst Pills"....in their own OPINION.
Review: It became almost immediately obvious to me as I read from this book that the authors are biased to different prescription medications. They trash talk practically all the drugs that are traditionally used to treat anxiety and make them sound evil. Benzodiazapene (anti-anxiety) drugs have been proven safe and highly effective in the treatment of anxiety time and time again. This is the only book I've seen so far that rips on certain medications in this way. (Other than "Talking back to Prozac") I closed this book and put it right back on the shelf as soon as I realized this. It's a silly book. I prefer the non-biased, takes-no-sides book on the same subject by Dr. Jim Rybacki. Check it out.
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Summary: "Do Not Use" this book!
Review: It is very misleading-------get the facts from "The Pill Book"
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Summary: Worst Pills Best Pills
Review: This book has been very valuable to me as a gerontologist working with elderly and dementia patients.
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Summary: Dangerous Book!
Review: This book is dangerous! It is biased and silently encourages people to avoid medications that could greatly benifit them. Discuss any concerns about medications with your DOCTOR and your PHARMACIST.
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Summary: Best pill book I've read!
Review: 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.
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Summary: This book, while a useful resource, has serious limitations
Review: This is a very comprehesive book with a lot of valuable information. It should be used with a large serving of salt; if it is taken seriously in all its recommendations by a medically unsophisticated reader, it can easily be misused. There are many instances in which a medication is labelled "Do Not Use", when that it is in fact the medication of choice when others have proved ineffective. Enteric aspirin is not as good as NSAIDs for many types of arthritic pain, and yet this is implied repeatedly. Antidepressants which are in regular use and provide relief not available otherwise have been labelled "Do Not Use" in many instances. Many of the currently used SSRI's are not even mentioned, a real loss to patients with hard-to-treat depression. The variation between closely related but not identical medications is ignored and they are often reviewed as a group, when the differences between them, while small, would be very useful information. It would be easy for the reader to be overcautious about his/her medication and to stop taking prescribed meds that are valuable to him/her. Another weakness is the authors' well-meaning warnings to tell the doctor about symptoms which are danger signals about adverse reaction to the medication. Many doctors discount the patient's complaints or fail to pay attention. The most important warning of all should be 'know and trust your doctor', not an easy accomplishment in the age of managed care. The book, like the medications it evaluates, is worthwhile and valuable if used with caution and good judgement.
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Summary: Valuable Advice But Overstates Ultram Warning
Review: This is the best book around for the layman on this subject
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Summary: EXCELLENT , SUPERIOR , OUTSTANDING, UNDERSTANDABLE
Review: What's cooking!? As you may have surmised from the above title, I was disappointed in having just purchased this book. Firstly, I was unable to find a listing for NARDIL (Phenelzine). That was my primary reason for purchasing this book. While MAO INHIBITORS were vaguely mentioned throughout the book, it was not given its own entry. Secondly, the title of the book is a little misleading. One is led to believe that the entire scope of the book would deal with ADVERSE REACTIONS, INCIDENCE REPORTING, easily categorized REFERENCE CHARTS which lists all the WORST & BEST PILLS, etc. None of this was to be found. Instead, this was nothing more than a regular drug reference book with a few pages dedicated to generalized discussions on adverse reactions and preventions. I find it highly ironic that a book which is titled "WORST PILLS, BEST PILLS" would choose to omit NARDIL of all pills. The same NARDIL that is infamous for its life-threatening adverse reactions.
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