Prescribed Drug Guide - A Holistic Perspective

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This guide provides clearly presented information about prescribed drugs that is readily accessible and relevant in everyday practice. It is a comprehensive source of information for drug names and their effects from the UK, USA, Ireland, Australia, and South Africa.

There are over 20 chapters with introductory ones describing holistic views of prescribed drugs and how to manage patients who take prescribed drugs. There is a clear classification of how to determine the strength of action of prescribed drugs according to five levels:

1. Drugs taken occasionally for symptomatic relief.
2. Drugs taken regularly for relatively mild disorders.
3. Those drugs which cannot be stopped suddenly if taken long-term.
4. Drugs used for relatively severe mental or emotional symptoms
5. Drugs used in life-threatening disease.

Subsequent Chapters list prescribed drugs used in the treatment of different diseases. They are ordered by system, e.g. asthma, angina, arthritis, epilepsy and so forth and contain details of all the commonly used prescribed drugs.

Information here includes details of generic and brand names, uses, when not to be used, cautions and effects.The effects are described in clear terms and the use of medical jargon is kept to a minimum.

In each Chapter, there is a discussion of how to manage patients who take prescribed drugs and cases are used to illustrate how patients may reduce or stop their medication in appropriate and selected cases.

There is a discussion of the energetic qualities of prescribed drugs from the perspective of Chinese medicine. A comprehensive index allows drugs to be found quickly and easily. This book is an invaluable guide for all holistic practitioners and their patients.

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Offers a clear classification of how to determine the strength of action of prescribed drugs according to five levels:

1. Drugs taken occasionally for symptomatic relief
2. Drugs taken regularly for relatively mild disorders
3. Those drugs which cannot be stopped suddenly if taken long-term
4. Drugs used for relatively severe mental or emotional symptoms
5. Drugs used in life-threatening disease

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Author

Dr. Stephen Gascoigne qualified in medicine in the UK in 1976.

He worked in hospital and general practice for over six years and during this time became interested in holistic medicine as a means of attaining and maintaining health. He trained in acupuncture in Shanghai, China and subsequently in Chinese herbal medicine.

He is also the author of The Clinical Medicine Guide. He now runs a busy practice in West Cork Ireland. He is particularly interested in finding ways of supporting holistic practitioners in their practices.

He can be contacted through his website www.drgascoigne.com which also provides a comprehensive source of information, as well as resources for the holistic practitioner

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Contents

How to use this book --1-4
Introduction -- 5-14
Holistic medicine and prescribed drugs -- 15-18
How to classify the strength of action of prescribed drugs -- 19-24
Patient management -- 25-32
Angina pectoris -- 33-42
Arthritis -- 43-62
Asthma -- 63-72
Cardiac failure -- 73-74
Epilepsy -75-88
Female sex hormones -- 89-96
Hay fever -- 97-104
Hypertension -- 105-128
Infections -- 129-154
Inflammatory bowel disease -- 155-162
Migraine -- 163-170
Pain relief -- 171-176
Parkinson's disease -- 177-182
Psychoactive drugs -- 183-218
Stomach and duodenal ulcers -- 219-224
Drugs necessary for life -- 225-228
Energetic view of prescribed drugs -- 229-240
Bibliography -- 241-244
The Internet -- 245-246
How to recognize serious symptoms -- 247-254
Liaison with other practitioners -- 255-256
Index -- 257-280

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