The Risks of Prescription Drugs

by Donald W. Light

Book Overview

Few people realize that prescription drugs have become a leading cause of death, disease, and disability. Adverse reactions to widely used drugs, such as psychotropics and birth control pills, as well as biologicals, result in FDA warnings against adverse reactions.

The Risks of Prescription Drugs describes how most drugs approved by the FDA are under-tested for adverse drug reactions, yet offer few new benefits. Drugs cause more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231146930
• ISBN13: 9780231146937
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher