Includes indexes.

1 Medicine Landscape 3 -- 2 How Medicines Are Given and How They Work 15 -- 3 All People Are Not Created Equal 29 -- 4 Is My Medicine Safe and Does It Work? 43 -- 5 Patient-Health-Care Professional Partnership 55 -- 6 Medication Information Sources and Money Savers 69 -- Part 2 Directory of Medical Conditions and Their Drug Treatment 81 -- Acne 83 -- AIDS/HIV 87 -- Airborne Allergies 93 -- Alzheimer's Disease 98 -- Anemias 102 -- Anxiety 106 -- Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis, and Emphysema 110 -- Atherosclerosis 116 -- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) 117 -- Autism 120 -- Bacterial Infections 123 -- Bipolar Disorder 147 -- Bladder Incontinence 151 -- Blood-Clotting Conditions 153 -- Cancer 161 -- Cholesterol, High 186 -- Contraception 192 -- Depression 198 -- Diabetes Mellitus 204 -- Diarrhea 215 -- Eczema (Dermatitis) 219 -- Endometriosis 222 -- Erectile Dysfunction 227 -- Fungal Infections 230 -- Glaucoma 239 -- Gout 244 -- Hair Loss 248 -- Heart Conditions 251 -- Heartburn and Peptic Ulcers 271 -- Herpes 280 -- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) 282 -- Infertility 293 -- Inflammation 295 -- Inflammatory Bowel Disorders: Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease 302 -- Influenza 307 -- Insomnia 309 -- Intestinal Infections 313 -- Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Disorders 318 -- Malaria 321 -- Menopause 324 -- Migraine and Other Severe Headaches 327 -- Obesity 335 -- Osteoarthritis 338 -- Osteoporosis 343 -- Pain 346 -- Parkinson's Disease 357 -- Peripheral Circulatory Disorders 361 -- Premenstrual Syndrome 366 -- Prenatal Supplements 369 -- Prostate Enlargement 372 -- Psoriasis 375 -- Rheumatoid Arthritis 380 -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases 387 -- Stroke 397 -- Thyroid Gland Conditions 406 -- Tuberculosis 410 -- Typhoid Fever 415.