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The Overmedicating of America

The Overmedicating of America

Americans take so many drugs that 100,000 of us die every year because of those drugs. It is not illness that causes those 100,000 deaths, but the damaging effects of drugs taken for...

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The Overmedicating of America

Drugs: Effects and Side Effects

Drug companies expediently and glibly list drug actions, meaning beneficial effects for which they are prescribed, separately from another section called side effects,...

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The Overmedicating of America

Drug Addiction Treatment

The addict conceives that he is insufficient without drugs, that his existence can only be maintained through drugs. It is our job to help him realize that survival is...

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8 Drugs Doctors Wouldn’t Take

With 3,480 pages of fine print, the Physicians' Desk Reference (a.k.a. PDR) is not a quick read. That's because it contains every iota of information on more than 4,000...

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