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Are Americans overmedicated? / Tamara Thompson, book editor. - Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2011. - 96 p. ; 24 cm. - At issue. Health . - At issue. Health. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Americans take too many prescription drugs / Prescription drugs help millions live better lives / Psychiatric drugs are overprescribed / ADHD drugs are overprescribed for children / ADHD drugs are appropriately prescribed for children / Ads do not significantly increase demand for unneeded medications / Low-income children are more likely to be prescribed psychiatric drugs / Wichita witch hunt-the Justice Department wages war on pain relief / Mixing multiple medications causes health problems for elderly Americans / Overuse of antibiotics creates drug-resistant bacteria / "Doctor shopping" can lead to overmedication, abuse, and death / J. Douglas Bremner -- Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) -- Charles Barber -- Linda Marsa -- Hannah Seligson -- Brian Alexander -- Duff Wilson -- Harvey Silvergate -- Anne Harding -- Martha Mendoza and Margie Mason -- Madison Park.

ISBN: 9780737751413 (hardcover) 073775141X (hardcover) 9780737751420 (pbk.) 0737751428 (pbk.)

Source: 1322393 QBI

LCCN: 2010038102

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Americans--Drug use.
Drug utilization--United States.
Americans--Drug use.

LC Class. No.: RM138 / A74 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 615/.1/0973 615