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Pills, Potions and Poisons: How Drugs Work
Trevor Stone
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Description for Pills, Potions and Poisons: How Drugs Work
Hardback. A reason given by patients for not taking their medications is that they feel unhappy about taking medicines which they do not understand. This text attempts to rectify this by showing in clear, non-technical language how medicines and other drugs work in the body to reduce the effects of disease. Num Pages: 492 pages, numerous halftones and line figures. BIC Classification: MB; MMG; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 897.
About half of all the medicines prescribed by doctors are not taken by their patients. One of the reasons most commonly given by patients for not taking drugs is that they feel unhappy about taking medicines which they do not understand and of which they are afraid. This book attempts to rectify this problem by showing in clear, non-technical language how medicines and other drugs work in the body to reduce the effects of disease. Most chapters include fascinating background information on how some of our most important drugs were discovered, along with intriguing and often amusing anecdotes about the ... Read more
About half of all the medicines prescribed by doctors are not taken by their patients. One of the reasons most commonly given by patients for not taking drugs is that they feel unhappy about taking medicines which they do not understand and of which they are afraid. This book attempts to rectify this problem by showing in clear, non-technical language how medicines and other drugs work in the body to reduce the effects of disease. Most chapters include fascinating background information on how some of our most important drugs were discovered, along with intriguing and often amusing anecdotes about the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
Number of Pages
492
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198504030
SKU
V9780198504030
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Pills, Potions and Poisons: How Drugs Work
"Pills, Potions and Poisons...serves as an excellent introduction to the biological effects of drugs."
New Statesman
"Pills, potions and poisons is a refreshing pharmacology book. There is a lot of useful and interesting information...and I'm sure patients
New Statesman
"Pills, potions and poisons is a refreshing pharmacology book. There is a lot of useful and interesting information...and I'm sure patients