Your Personal Prescription Checklist: How to Maximize Medication Safety and Efficacy in the Age of Personalized Medicine
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Your Personal Prescription Checklist: How to Maximize Medication Safety and Efficacy in the Age of Personalized Medicine
By (Author) Richard W Snyder
By (author) Koroush Khalighi
Union Square & Co.
Sterling
7th June 2016
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
615.1
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Description
For anyone on medications or supplements, this is an essential tool. Taking prescription medication can be like playing Russian roulette when a patients metabolic profile or drug use isnt monitored. Drawing on the latest pharmacokinetic research, Your Personal Prescription Checklist will help you assess and lower the risk of adverse drug reactions. Featuring tables and checklists for tracking prescriptions, side effects, and test results, this invaluable reference discusses the most problematic and popular medicines, along with common variations in the metabolic pathways and drug/supplement interactions. For millions of people, this book could be life saving.
Author Bio
Dr. Richard W. Snyder is a well-known nephrologist affiliated with such hospitals as St. Luke's University Hospital and Lehigh Valley Hospital. He received his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and has been in practice for more than 15 years. Dr. Snyder is also the author of Medical Dosage Calculations for Dummies (Wiley), Adrenal Fatigue for Dummies (Wiley), as well as What You Must Know About Kidney Disease (Square One). He contributes his expertise to About.com on the topics of hypertension and adrenal health, and is a regular guest on Your Health with Dr. Richard and Cindy Becker. Dr. Synder lives in Bethlehem, PA.
Dr. Koroush Khalighi, a pioneering integrative cardiologist and electrophysiologist, is the director at the Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab at Easton Hospital. He has utilized a personalized medication approach for the treatment of hundreds of patients and is the clinical investigator for more than 30 clinical studies, several of which are sponsored by the National Institute of Health. He was the recipient of the American Heart Association's Cardiovascular Research Award in 2000. Dr. Khalighi lives in Easton, PA.
