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Dr. Feelgood Dr. Feelgood William J. Birnes,Richard A. Lertzman Doctor Max Jacobson, whom the Secret Service under President John F. Kennedy code-named "Dr. Feelgood," developed a unique "energy formula" that altered the paths of some of the twentieth-century's m… OL17663012W
Rx Rx Tracy Lynn Thyme Gilchrest is an honors student. Thyme Gilchrest is popular. Thyme Gilchrest is on student council. Thyme Gilchrest is a drug dealer. Like piecing together a logic puzzle, Thyme has organized a … OL17860002W
Prescription drug abuse Prescription drug abuse Mark J. Estren Severe, chronic pain affects at least 116 million Americans every year. But there are fewer than 4,000 pain specialists in the United States, and many insurers won't cover physical therapy. But power… OL17869606W
Prescription drug abuse Prescription drug abuse Margaret Haerens,Lynn M. Zott The information in this volume provides insight into the impact and consequences of the prescription drug abuse problem in the United States, the causes of prescription drug addiction, and proposed a… OL17875197W
My Year of Rest and Relaxation My Year of Rest and Relaxation Alba Dedeu Surribas,Ottessa Moshfegh It's early 2000 on New York City's Upper East Side, and the alienation of Moshfegh's unnamed young protagonist from others is nearly complete when she initiates her yearlong siesta, during which time… OL17889978W
Bad Pharma: How Medicine is Broken, and How We Can Fix it Bad Pharma: How Medicine is Broken, and How We Can Fix it Ben Goldacre We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the researc… OL18818714W
Prescription painkillers Prescription painkillers Marvin D. Seppala In recent years, the media has inundated us with coverage of the increasing abuse of prescription painkillers. This is a book on the impact of prescription painkiller abuse on individuals, communitie… OL19946375W
Generation Rx Generation Rx Erin Marie Daly "What had happened to my baby brother? How did a tiny little pill shatter our family? When did we first begin losing Pat? These are the harrowing questions that plagued Erin Marie Daly after her youn… OL19992615W
American pain American pain John Temple The king of the pill mills was American Pain, a mega-clinic that served as a prototype for the rest. From a pristine former bank building, doctors distributed massive quantities of oxycodone to hundr… OL20012445W
Pill city Pill city Kevin Deutsch "An award-winning crime reporter describes how two high school honor-roll students used gang connections to loot pharmacies and sell narcotics through delivery drivers using location-based technology… OL20048196W
TWO KINDS OF TRUTH TWO KINDS OF TRUTH MICHAEL CONNELLY Harry Bosch is back as a volunteer working cold cases for the San Fernando police and is called out to a local drug store where a young pharmacist has been murdered. Bosch and the town's three-person… OL20848430W
Tranquillizers and antidepressants Tranquillizers and antidepressants Malcolm Harold Lader "Prescription drug addiction is a hidden epidemic, affecting at least half a million people in the UK and twice that number in the USA, and ruining careers, marriages, families, and lives. With relia… OL24303699W
The war at home The war at home Nora Eisenberg "Lucy Lehman has a secret. Everybody admires her family but nobody knows what it's really like. Her dad is a working class hero who flies into violent rages. Her mom is a beautiful dancer (and secret… OL5365756W