Contents

Contributors and Consultants
Foreword
How to Use this Book
Drug Identification Guide

Part I: Drug Profiles

Part II: Disease Overviews

1. New Hope for Heart Patients
2. Defusing High Blood Pressure
3. Coping with Arthritis
4. Osteoporosis, Low Back Pain, and Other Bone Disorders
5. Digestive Disorders, Minor and Major
6. Defeating the Dangers of Respiratory Disease
7. Cancer: Improving the Odds of a Cure
8. New Answers for Pain
9. Overcoming Emotional and Psychological Problems
10. OB/GYN Disorders: Causes and Treatments
11. Birth Control: More Options than Ever
12. Handling Familiar Childhood Infections
13. Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
14. Relief for Common Allergies
15. Dealing with Skin Problems
16. Correcting Glandular Disorders
17. Counterattacking Major Infections
18. Overcoming Kidney Disease
19. Bringing Urinary Disorders under Control
20. Dealing with Liver Disease
21. Facing up to Sexually Transmitted Disease
22. The Facts about AIDS
23. Drugs and Older Adults

Appendix 1: Safe Medication Use
Appendix 2: Poison Control Centers

Disease and Disorder Index
General Index

New Drugs in This Edition Aceon (for high blood pressure)
Activella and femhrt (for symptoms of menopause)
Aggrenox (to help prevent strokes)
Avalide (for high blood pressure)
Avelox (an antibiotic)
Comtan (for Parkinson's disease)
Exelon (for Alzheimer's disease)
Glucovance (for diabetes)
Mobic (for osteoarthritis)
Protonix (for reflux disease)
Provigil (for narcolepsy)
Tequin (an antibiotic)
Topamax (for epilepsy)
Tricor (for high cholesterol)
WelChol (for high cholesterol)
Zyvox (an antibiotic)