02898nam 22006733 450 991078205260332120230919234203.00-8147-8442-910.18574/nyu/9780814784426(CKB)1000000000522355(EBL)865938(OCoLC)779828321(SSID)ssj0000200607(PQKBManifestationID)11190103(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200607(PQKBWorkID)10220130(PQKB)10341889(MiAaPQ)EBC865938(DE-B1597)548296(DE-B1597)9780814784426(EXLCZ)99100000000052235520131125h20072007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMedicating modern America prescription drugs in history /edited by Andrea Tone and Elizabeth Siegel WatkinsNew York :NYU Press,2007.©20071 online resource (vi, 262 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations0-8147-8300-7 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 contraDrugsHistoryUnited StatesExamines.behind.drugs.eight.histories.important.influential.interconnected.meanings.most.revolution.thepharmaceutical.through.DrugsHistory615/.1Tone Andrea1964-1560227Watkins Elizabeth Siegel1498282AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910782052603321Medicating modern America3826017UNINA