Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better

241 Pages·2016·1.4 MB·English

by  Dr. Andrew Weil

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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
List of Contributors
Too Many Meds: The Problem—and the Solution
1: Antibiotics
2: Statins
3: Medications for GERD
4: Antihistamines
5: Medications for the Common Cold and the Flu
6: Sleep Aids
7: Steroids
8: Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
9: Psychiatric Medications for Adults
10: Psychiatric Medications for Children and Adolescents
11: Medications for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
12: Opioids and the Treatment of Chronic Pain
13: Antihypertensive Drugs
14: Medications for Diabetes
15: Medications for Osteopenia and Other Preconditions
16: Overmedication of Children
17: Overmedication of the Elderly
18: Over-Reliance on Medications: A Pharmacist’s View
Last Words
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Andrew Weil, MD
Resources
Notes
Newsletters
For my colleagues in integrative medicine
List of Contributors
The opinions expressed in this book are mine and mine alone. The colleagues
listed below supplied information and research data that I used in writing about
the various classes of medications discussed in these pages.
CHAPTER 1. ANTIBIOTICS
Maya Shetreat-Klein, MD, is an adult and pediatric neurologist, herbalist,
naturalist, and urban farmer in New York City. She is founder and director of the
Terrain Institute, a training program in terrain medicine, which explores the
relationship between the body and the world around us. She is the author of The
Dirt Cure: Growing Healthy Kids with Food Straight from Soil (dirtcure.com).