Magic Molecules - How Drugs Work (Hardcover)

Fascinating insight into the effects of drugs on some of the most common, and most esoteric, human diseases. Aldridge is a chemist, biotechnologist and science writer, and has produced an informative discussion of high science which is very much not an arid academic treatise but lively and accessible popular science. Well written and stimulating, its topics range from sub-molecular to social events, from herbal medicines to the science of clinical trials, from cross-cultural experience of disease to 'recreational' drugs and food supplements, from the history of drug breakthroughs and excitements such as Prozac, antibiotic resistance and melatonin to future developments such as genetically engineered drugs. (Kirkus UK)

We have all been drug users at one time or another. Drugs can be used as medicines, as food additives, for pleasure, and to protect our long-term health. With so many new drugs on the market and an ever-widening definition of what exactly makes a drug a drug, we should all be well informed about the drugs we use--how they work, their benefits, and their risks. This book is a unique guide for the general reader to the drugs of everyday life--from commonly prescribed medicines to recreational drugs (including illicit ones) and food supplements. The author examines how drugs interact with their targets in the body, where drugs come from, how they are developed, and what new kinds of drugs are on the horizon. She reviews all the major pharmaceutical medicines--painkillers, antibiotics, anti-cancer drugs, anti-depressants, heart drugs, tranquilizers, and hormones. Much more than a consumer handbook, this volume conveys the fascinating science behind drugs in an easily accessible way.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Susan Aldridge
Dimensions:	236 x 159 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	284
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-58414-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-58414-0
Barcode:	9780521584142

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