Problem drugs
By: Andrew Chetley.
Contributors: Health Action International.
Publisher: Zed Books [in association with] Health Action International
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Drugs -- Pharmacology.
Notes: Originally published as a pack by Health Action International.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction: What is a Problem Drug?; title: 2. Drugs and Children: Starting the Habit of a Lifetime; title: 3. Women and Drugs: Disturbing a Delicate Balance; title: 4. Drugs and the Elderly: Too Often, Too Many, Too Much; title: 5. Antidiarrhoeals: Dying for Lack of a Drink; title: 6. Antidiarrhoeals containing Antibiotics: Dangerous Combination; title: 7. Hydroxyquinoolines: Worldwide Withdrawal ... Overdue for 20 Years; title: 8. Diphenoylate: 'Not an Innocuous Drug'; title: 9. Loperamide: Not for Children; title: 10. Antibiotics: The Antibiotic Crisis; title: 11. Analgesics: Killing Pain; title: 12. Dipyrone: A Drug No One Needs; title: 13. Non-Steroidal Anit-Inflammatory Drugs: New Sorts of Aspirin In Disguise; title: 14. Cough and Cold Preparations: Peddling Placebos; title: 15. Growth Stimulants: Swatting the Symptoms of Malnutrition; title: 16. Brain Tonics: Drugs in Search of a Disease; title: 17. Vitamins: Vitamins Stimulate Growth ... of the Pharmaceutical Industry; title: 18. Drugs in Pregnancy: Unnecessary Risks; title: 19. Diethylstilbestrol: The Time Bomb Explodes; title: 20. Oestrogen-Progesterone Drugs: A Sordid, Sorry Tale; title: 21. Contraceptives: Who's in Control?; title: 22. The Pill: Lowering the Risks; title: 23. Intrauterine Devices: Effective ... but Safe?; title: 24. Injectables: Not the First Choice; title: 25. Implants: Contraceptive Freedom or Coercion?; title: 26. Hormone Replacement Therapy: Selling Eternal Youth; title: 27. Pyschotropics: Tales of Dependence