This book is recommended by my doc's literature
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Recently diagnosed with this dreadful disease.  This book is recommended by my doc's literature.  For anyone on this journey this is a must read.  It is as the title states "uplifting".  Thanks Barbara for taking the time to give this sisterhood hope.
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This is written by one of my teachers and has valuable information for healing.
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I got this book from other way. Howevr,I think it's a very valuable book with high-yield, comprehensive and concise clinical knowledge. Worthy to have it!
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Parallels to my case and career. Unbelievable to read this book and feel like I was reading a script of my last few years of an almost thirty year career. This book is very valuable. A tool for Doctors and patients alike. If you think any of the happenings parallel your experiences......get help. I learned the hard way.

God Bless you Eric! You will be hearing from me!
Thanks
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Many more monographs in this newer edition.
I get stronger just lifting it off the desk, where I keep it readily available.
I am not a health professional, but I refer to this book constantly.  It does not cover common vitamins and minerals, but it describes many, many natural substances that I had never heard of before,  In depth, with the most useful practical information.  It was written for doctors and other medical professionals, and uses language that is sometimes hard to understand.
This extremely useful refrence book was purchased at a small fraction of its initial price by the seller who described it as being in "very good"  condition.  It arrived indistinguishable from a new book;  I am very pleased with the book and the vendor, although I would prefer it in digital form.
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This is a very useful book to use in tandem with my surgeon, endocrinologist and dietitian. Their post op instruction's cover but two pages. I know all the answers when I leave the consultation room and forget them when I arrive home or I forgot to ask them in the first place.!
One has to realize these medical professionals do not have the time to cover all but the important aspects. This book is a compendium to be used in conjunction with but not to the exclusion of ones medical team
In my case I live in Israel. My medical team are fluent in English as they have studied in the USA, but they may miss the nuances of the English Languages.
In closing I have lost 66 lbs in 6 months and am off insulin, My heart and cholesterol meds have been cut by up to 75%. This procedure is drastic surgery and must not be taken lightly, I heed the advice of my medical team AND that of this book..
Brian Freed. Netanya. Israel
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Reading and notetaking is essential in this book because we people experience similar symptoms; however,  one
difference is important because the points this dr makes in stories shared, is to remain focused on your situation
and be responsible to fix it.
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I found Dr. C's Medical Guide easy to follow and well organized.  It helped me clarify a number of my medical concerns.  Thank you Dr. C!
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For those readers who, like myself, have to attend the doctor on a regular basis for checkups, or even for those who try to avoid anything medical until an emergency strikes, there is one thing that we would really like to know--how to communicate with our doctors better, so that we can maximize the benefits to be gained from our relatively short time with them. Patients tend to range between being absolutely pernickety, and attempting to get all their health problems for the last decade thoroughly analyzed within a 15-minute, begrudgingly-paid for appointment, and being just so scared of medical quackery that they can't wait to skedaddle out the door with the latest prescription clutched in their sweaty little palms. This I have gathered from my own experience, varying from that with tiresome, querulous elderly aunts to my neighbor's somewhat dyspeptic vision of an overnight stay in a hospital as being the last pit stop on earth on the headlong tumble into the pit that burns everlasting beneath us all. In short, I don't believe, by any stroke of the imagination, that doctors tend to have it all their own way, and are out to `get ya' more than you are ready and prepared to `get th'm'.

The above said, Dr. Larry Gold's book is a humorous, but informed take, on the nitty gritty of the doctor--patient relationship, based on his extensive experience in the medical field, which has spanned decades of working as a physician both in private office and in hospital-based practice, as well as of serving as chief of a large department of internal medicine and family practice. Regarding good communication as the cornerstone of medicine, Dr. Gold explores the essence of such through numerous scenarios, fictional and not, in a way that brings his message alive in a way that is totally apposite to his subject. In a thoroughly humane and cogent way, he explores topics like how to handle tough, but essential questions and questioning; issues of medical malpractice; matching patient and physician; medical problems that physicians dislike (but which they, nevertheless, have to deal with); and finding a physician. His text is enlivened with a number of cartoons by Theresa Mccracken that help to bring the message home, and which make what he has to say all the more memorable.

In addition to the main text, Dr. Gold complements his central tenet with an introduction to, and glossary of, medical terminology and specialists, as well as providing valuable guidelines on how to find answers online to your most pressing questions (with several helpful URLs thrown in). Rounding off his overview of how to get the most out of the doctor--patient relationship, he gives brief, and extremely handy, pointers on how to make the right decisions when an emergency is staring you in the face (and no, he doesn't suggest that you roll over and play dead).

You would do well to keep Dr. Gold's witty and trenchant guide to physician--patient communication in your medical cabinet, but only after having chuckled along with it for a half hour of reading beforehand. There are plenty of home truths in this wise guide that belie its brevity--don't take it for granted that you know it all, because you don't. I know where my copy is going--onto the hall table, so that the next time my neighbor calls, it will be ready and waiting...
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I liked it.  This book is a must for anyone evaluating and treating patients
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As a retired physician, and now a person who is on many medications, I read with extreme interest, the book "Are your Prescriptions Killing You?" I feel that Dr. Armon B. Neel, Jr. has performed an invaluable service to elderly patients and their physicians. I strongly feel that this book should be in the possession of any patient who is on three or more medications, and physicians who treat these patients. It is very common today that older patients take many medications , most often prescribed by more than one physician. Although most doctors have a list of these medications, Dr. Neel points out that side effects and interactions of these medications are often overlooked. If a patient is having a reaction or reactions to these medicines, he will never get better until one or more medications is stopped. Discovering this can be quite time consuming. The book is very well organized. Dr. Neel discusses how elderly patients don't excrete or metabolize these drugs as well as they used to, due to the aging process. He then gives many examples of drug side effects and, most importantly, has a list of medications that are contra-indicated in the elderly. At the end of the book, Dr. Neel gives a well-organized guide to help patients evaluate their medications and their effects.
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A FM patient brought to my attention a copy of this book several months ago, and I've recommended it to every patient in my practice who has Fibromyalgia (FM). This and the author's follow up book, The Fibromyalgia Advocate cover just about all aspects of FM in greater or lesser  thoroughness. The book is based mostly on empirical information and  experiences, but most fibromyalgia patients relate to it with a sigh of  relief and comment, "I'm not the only one who experiences  this!".
My only criticism is that there is too much information in  it for alot of FM sufferers to digest, and can confuse one as to how to  prioritize the treatments. It is a welcome aid as a self-help and reference  manual and I use it as such. I can mark the pages demonstrating the trigger  points, exercises, and other "homework" that my patients can do  to help themselves. In that it is very comprehensive.
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I'm a veterinarian and I purchased this book for a friend, also a veterinarian.  He advised me that it was a good read.  My sense is that it probably is more relevant for someone in the profession than those with a more casual interest.  I probably won't purchase it for myself, however.  I can always read my friend's copy if I wish, so you may infer from that what you will.
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As a physician I find this book gathers experiences we all have had with our patients. Dr. Dispenza  made a clear and powerful guide for all to use the ability to be our own healer
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I thought it was pretty informative.  I bought this because my blood sugar is a little high and my doctor thought it woud be useful.  This seems to be an easy book to follow.
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This book gave me a greater understanding of the pressures that doctors face.  I think I will be able to be more empathetic toward my own doctors in the future.
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This book was recommended by a intern who knew I love to read medical facts. The next time I see him I will let him know I like the book.