Pills, Potions, and Poisons: How Medicines and Other Drugs Work

by Trevor Stone and Gail Darlington

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198504039
• ISBN13: 9780198504030
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A fantastic insight into the practicalities of medicines

I found this book very fasinating- it explains in an easy-to-understand way how everyday pills work at the molecular level. The final chapters which discuss recreational drugs (LSD, alcohol etc) and poisons were equally fascinating. Full of true anecdotes, interesting and sometimes humerous stories into the discovery of drugs, truly this book is a tribute to the science of pharmacology and medicine as a whole. Every person who takes any medicine or has an interest in drug interactions (not just boffins!) should buy this book.