Generation Rx

Author : Greg Critser
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618773568
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generation Rx written by Greg Critser and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the possible consequences of the growth of prescription drug use and the impact of direct-to-consumer promotion (DTC) and off-label marketing.

Author : Lawrence H. Diller
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101514612
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering Ritalin written by Lawrence H. Diller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are the kids of Generation Rx doing now? This groundbreaking book reveals the answers—and raises some important new questions. Written by a clinician with more than thirty years of experience with child patients, Remembering Ritalin offers an intimate and revealing look at the ADHD generation—how they’re doing now and the long-term effects of their diagnoses, medication, and treatment. Revisiting former patients who are now in their twenties, Dr. Diller takes a fresh look at the issue of treating our kids. Is ADHD a useful diagnosis, or an oversimplified, harmful label? What are Ritalin’s long-term effects—good and bad? Together with his articulate former patients, Remembering Ritalin provides insights into one of the most controversial treatment methods of our time. Parents, professionals, and anyone who has been prescribed Ritalin will find these observations illuminating as they delve into the healing process and attempt to answer the question, “Was it the right choice?”

Author : Erin Marie Daly
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619023776
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generation Rx written by Erin Marie Daly and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What had happened to my baby brother? How did a tiny little pill shatter our family? When did we first begin losing Pat? These are the harrowing questions that plagued Erin Marie Daly after her youngest brother Pat, an OxyContin addict, was found dead of a heroin overdose at the age of twenty. In just a few short years, the powerful prescription painkiller had transformed him from a fun-loving ball of energy to a heroin addict hell-bent on getting his next fix. Yet even as Pat’s addiction destroyed his external life, his internal struggle with opiates was far more heart-wrenching. Erin set out on a painful personal journey, turning a journalistic eye on her brother’s addiction; in the process, she was startled to discover a new twist to the ongoing prescription drug epidemic. That kids are hooked on prescription drugs is nothing new what is new is the rising number of young heroin addicts whose addiction began with pills in suburban bedrooms, and how a generation of young people playing around with today’s increasingly powerful opiods are finding themselves in the frightening grip of heroin. While many books a have tackled the topic of Big Pharma, drug addiction, and our increasingly over-medicated society, Generation Rx offers an entirely new look at what the prescription pill epidemic means for today’s youth and the world around them.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (2007- )
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generation RX written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (2007- ) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joshua Lyon
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401394493
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pill Head written by Joshua Lyon and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling, honest book investigates the growing epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse among today's Generation Rx. Through gripping profiles and heartbreaking confessions, this memoir dares to uncover the reality -- the addiction, the withdrawal, and the recovery -- of this newest generation of pill poppers. Joshua Lyon was no stranger to substance abuse. By the time he was seventeen, he had already found sanctuary in pot, cocaine, Ecstasy, and mushrooms -- just to name a few. Ten years later, on assignment for Jane magazine, he found himself with a two-inch-thick bottle of Vicodin in his hands and only one decision to make: dispose of the bottle or give in to his curiosity. He chose the latter. In a matter of weeks he'd found his perfect drug. In the early half of this decade, purchasing painkillers without a doctor was as easy as going online and checking the spam filter in your inbox. The accessibility of these drugs -- paired with a false perception of their safety -- contributed to their epidemic-like spread throughout America's twenty-something youth, a group dubbed Generation Rx. Pill Head is Joshua Lyon's harrowing and bold account of this generation, and it's also a memoir about his own struggle to recover from his addiction to painkillers. The story of so many who have shared this experience--from discovery to addiction to rehabilitation -- Pill Head follows the lives of several young people much like Joshua and dares to blow open the cultural phenomena of America's newest pill-popping generation. Marrying the journalist's eye with the addict's mind, Joshua takes readers through the shocking and often painful profiles of recreational users and suffering addicts as they fight to recover. Pill Head is not only a memoir of descent, but of endurance and of determination. Ultimately, it is a story of encouragement for anyone who is wrestling to overcome addiction, and anyone who is looking for the strength to heal.

Author : Merrill Singer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118863216
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Medical Anthropology written by Merrill Singer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Medical Anthropology examines the current issues, controversies, and state of the field in medical anthropology today. Provides an expert view of the major topics and themes to concern the discipline since its founding in the 1960s Written by leading international scholars in medical anthropology Covers environmental health, global health, biotechnology, syndemics, nutrition, substance abuse, infectious disease, and sexuality and reproductive health, and other topics

Author : Rebecca Janes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781432730666
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generation RX written by Rebecca Janes and published by . This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What You Need To Know To Help Kids Avoid the Trap of Addiction Our modern medicines have the power to save lives-as well as the potential to destroy futures. Young people are particularly susceptible to prescription drug abuse. Generation RX, written by experienced drug and mental health professional Rebecca Janes, uncovers today's drugs of choice, how to spot their use, and what to do if they are being abused. In clear and concise language, this book arms parents with information that can help them save their child's life from a scourge that might be lurking right inside a medicine cabinet. You'll learn: * The basics on dozens of major prescription drugs-from brand names to street monikers-and how they're abused * The latest information on "hot highs" that weren't around when you were in school, including the abuse of Adderall and other ADHD medications * The lowdown on "club drugs" like GHB and ecstasy; performance-enhancing steroids; and the growing danger of inhalants * Why over-the-counter drugs like NyQuil can pose a big risk of abuse * Ways to approach someone to encourage them to get the help they need * Up-to-date information on treatment options Drug abuse increasingly undermines our culture; devastating families, and ruining the potential of many of our "best and brightest" young people. But your child doesn't have to be the next victim. Generation RX is a must-read wake-up call for all parents who seek to keep their children safe and healthy.

Author : Greg Critser
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618393138
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generation Rx written by Greg Critser and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2005 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A probing look at the state of the nation's health in the midst of a pharmaceutical revolution concludes that America's love affair with drugs is radically transforming the nation, beginning with the youngest generation.

Author : Gwen Olsen
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1935278606
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher written by Gwen Olsen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-04-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the IPPY Award gold medal for Most Progressive Health Book On December 2, 2004, Gwen Olsen’s niece Megan committed suicide by setting herself on fire—and ended her tortured life as a victim of the adverse effects of prescription drugs. Olsen’s poignant autobiographical journey through the darkness of mental illness and the catastrophic consequences that lurk in medicine cabinets around the country offers an honest glimpse into alarming statistics and a health care system ranked last among nineteen industrialized nations worldwide. As a former sales representative in the pharmaceutical industry for several years, Olsen learned firsthand how an unprecedented number of lethal drugs are unleashed in the United States market, but her most heartrending education into the dangers of antidepressants would come as a victim and ultimately, as a survivor. Rigorously researched and documented, Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher is a moving human drama that shares one woman’s unforgettable journey of faith, forgiveness, and healing.

Author : United States Senate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781697742169
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generation Rx written by United States Senate and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-05 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generation Rx: the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs: hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, March 12, 2008.