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    Summary & Study Guide - Mind over Meds: When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own
    Summary & Study Guide - Mind over Meds: When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own
    Summary & Study Guide - Mind over Meds: When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own
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    Summary & Study Guide - Mind over Meds: When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own

    By Lee Tang

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    Are you using any of these medications?
    • antibiotics
    • Statins
    • Medications for GERD
    • Antihistamines
    • Medications for the common cold and the flu
    • Sleep aids
    • Steroids
    • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
    • Psychiatric medications for adults
    • Psychiatric medications for children
    • Medications for ADHD
    • opioids
    • Antihypertensive drugs
    • Medications for diabetes
    This book is a summary of “Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better–and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own” by Andrew Weil, MD.

    This book outlines the risks and benefits of reliance in medications on the above fourteen categories of medications that are most over-prescribed, overused, and misused. It provides reliable integrative-medicine approaches (with less drug use) to treat common ailments such as depression, high blood pressures, allergies, and the common cold.

    The information in this book can help you become a wise consumer—to know whether drugs are really needed, and weigh their benefits against possible risks.

    This guide includes:
    * Book Summary—helps you understand the key concepts.
    * Online Videos—cover the concepts in more depth.

    Value-added from this guide:
    * Save time
    * Understand key concepts
    * Expand your knowledge
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLMT Press
    Release dateOct 13, 2017
    ISBN9780995943155
    Summary & Study Guide - Mind over Meds: When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own
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    Lee Tang

    Lee Tang is a retired executive of a major global insurance company. Prior to his retirement, he has worked as an actuary, a risk officer and a chief financial officer for several major insurance organizations in the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. To learn more about Lee and his work, visit his website and blog at https://lmtpress.wordpress.com. You can reach him by email at leetang888@gmail.com.

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      Summary & Study Guide - Mind over Meds - Lee Tang

      Are you using any of these medications?

      antibiotics

      statins

      medications for GERD

      antihistamines

      medications for the common cold and the flu

      sleep aids

      steroids

      nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

      psychiatric medications for adults

      psychiatric medications for children

      medications for ADHD

      opioids

      antihypertensive drugs

      medications for diabetes

      This book is a summary of Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better–and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own by Andrew Weil, MD.

      This book outlines the risks and benefits of reliance on medications in the above fourteen categories of medications that are most over-prescribed, overused, and misused. It provides reliable integrative-medicine approaches (with less drug use) to treat common ailments such as depression, high blood pressure, allergies, and the common cold.

      The information in this book can help you become a wise consumer—to know whether drugs are really needed, and weigh their benefits against possible risks.

      This guide includes:

      Book Summary—helps you understand the key concepts.

      Online Videos—cover the concepts in more depth.

      Value-added from this guide:

      Save time

      Understand key concepts

      Expand your knowledge

      Important Note About This Guide

      This guide is a summary and not a critique/review of the book. The summary may not be organized chapter-wise but summarizes the book’s main ideas, viewpoints, and arguments. It is NOT meant to be a replacement, but a supplement to help you understand the book’s key ideas and recommendations.

      Title: Summary & Study Guide - Mind over Meds

      Subtitle: When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own

      Author: Lee Tang

      Publisher: LMT Press (lmtpress.wordpress.com)

      Copyright © 2017 by Lee Tang

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      First Edition: July 2017

      Issued in print and electronic formats.

      ISBN 9780995943155 (ebook)

      ISBN 9781973833376 (paperback)

      ISBN 9781987063509 (paperback)

      Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: The publisher and author make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or completeness of these contents and disclaim all warranties such as warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. The website addresses in the book were correct at the time going to print. However, the publisher and author are not responsible for the content of third-party websites, which are subject to change.

      To my wife, Lillian, who is the source of energy and love for everything I do, and to Andrew and Amanda: watching you grow up has been a privilege.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Introduction

      1. Antibiotics

      2. Statins

      3. Medications for GERD

      4. Antihistamines

      5. Medications for the Common Cold and the Flu

      6. Sleep Aids

      7. Steroids

      8. Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)

      9. Psychiatric Medications for Adults

      10. Psychiatric Medications for Children and Adolescents

      11. Medications for ADHD

      12. Opioids and the Treatment of Chronic Pain

      13. Antihypertensive Drugs

      14. Medications for Diabetes

      15. Medications for Osteopenia and Other Preconditions

      16. Overmedication of Children

      17. Overmedication of the Elderly

      18. Getting a Pharmacist’s View

      Index

      About the Author

      A Caution to the Reader

      IF YOU ARE

      on the medications discussed in this book, and if what you read makes you uneasy about staying on them, keep this advice in mind:

      Never stop taking a prescribed medication suddenly.

      It is always best to wean off medication gradually and under the supervision of a health professional.

      Never attempt to discontinue medication without first putting in place other measures to manage the condition being treated.

      Introduction

      Drug therapy is only one method of treating disease and maintaining health. Diet, lifestyle modifications, and other non-drug therapies can be effective in treating chronic illnesses such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, and allergies. But lifestyle modifications are demanding, and non-drug therapies require the active participation of patients and may take more time to produce results. Many patients would rather skip the effort and take a pill.

      So why is this cause for concern?

      Safety

      Adverse drug reactions are America’s fourth leading cause of death. All drugs have multiple effects on various organs and body functions. For example, antibiotics we use to kill disease-causing bacteria may alter liver and kidney function and interfere with digestion. Do not assume that over-the-counter medications are safe. They can cause serious adverse reactions on their own and also interact with other drugs to increase risk.

      Efficacy

      Too often, these medications only treat the symptoms and not the underlying cause of the disease. For example, insulin is very effective in lowering the blood sugar levels of people with type 2 diabetes. But it does not cure the underlying cause of type 2 diabetes, which is the condition of insulin resistance. High blood sugar levels are just symptoms. Insulin therapy increases the level of insulin in the body, making the body more insulin resistant; i.e., worsening the condition.

      Dependency

      When used long-term, many medications can prolong or worsen the conditions they relieve. This is because the body reacts to the drug actions and becomes resistant to the drug. That’s why people taking antidepressants to treat depression often find it hard to get off medication. And using them for long periods can worsen the depression.

      ***

      IN THESE CHAPTERS,

      we will discuss the unintended consequences of relying on medications in fourteen categories of medications that are most overprescribed, misprescribed, overused and misused. In each chapter,

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