02856nam 22006133u 450 991045440450332120210107002716.00-8147-8442-9(CKB)1000000000522355(EBL)865938(OCoLC)779828321(SSID)ssj0000200607(PQKBManifestationID)11190103(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200607(PQKBWorkID)10220130(PQKB)10341889(MiAaPQ)EBC865938(EXLCZ)99100000000052235520131125d2007|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrMedicating Modern America[electronic resource] Prescription Drugs in HistoryNew York NYU Press20071 online resource (272 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-8300-7 Contents; Introduction; Part I; Antibiotics: From Germophobia to the Carefree Life and Back Again; Mood Stabilizers: Folie to Folly; Hormone Replacement: " Educate Yourself"; Part II; Oral Contraceptives: Women over 35 Who Smoke; Stimulants: Not Just Naughty; Tranquilizers: Tranquilizers on Trial; Part III; Statins: The Abnormal and the Pathological; Viagra: Making Viagra; About the Contributors; IndexWith Americans paying more than 200 billion each year for prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in recent decades has remade the doctor/patient relationship, instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an integral part of medical practice and everyday life. Medicating Modern America examines the meanings behind this pharmaceutical revolution through the interconnected histories of eight of the most influential and important drugs: antibiotics, mood stabilizers, hormone replacement therapy, oral contraDrugs -- United States -- HistoryDrugsHistoryUnited StatesPharmaceutical PreparationsChemicals and DrugsPharmacy, Therapeutics, & PharmacologyHILCCHealth & Biological SciencesHILCCElectronic books.Drugs -- United States -- History.DrugsHistoryPharmaceutical PreparationsChemicals and DrugsPharmacy, Therapeutics, & PharmacologyHealth & Biological Sciences615/.1Tone Andrea1047033Watkins Elizabeth Siegel967845AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910454404503321Medicating Modern America2474360UNINA