An information guide to the most common medical conditions that adolescents face today and the medications commonly prescribed to treat those conditions. Seeks to enable young people to be more involved in the medication decisions related to their care, making them aware of the choices open to them as well as the associated benefits and risks that accompany the use of the drugs. Provides basic informative descriptions for anyone interested in knowing more about over-the-counter and prescription medications.

 

This is volume 11 in It Happened To Me .

There are 248 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Scarecrow Press .

Cheryl Gerson Tuttle has more than thirty years of experience in education, counseling and advocacy. She is co-author of five other books including Thinking Games to Play with Your Child, Parenting a Child with a Learning Disability, Challenging Voices, Parenting a Child with a Behavior Problem, and Learning Disabilities: The Ultimate Teen Guide.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Foreword Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 The Hows and Whys of Taking Medication Part 5 THE A TO Z GUIDE TO ILLNESSES AND DISABILITIES AND THE MEDICATIONS USED FOR THEM Chapter 6 2 Acne Chapter 7 3 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Chapter 8 4 Allergies Chapter 9 5 Anxiety Disorders Chapter 10 6 Asthma Chapter 11 7 Depression Chapter 12 8 Diabetes Chapter 13 9 Eating Disorders Chapter 14 10 Eczema Chapter 15 11 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Chapter 16 12 Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) Chapter 17 13 Kidney Disease Chapter 18 14 Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - SLE) Chapter 19 15 Migraines Chapter 20 16 Seizure Disorders Chapter 21 17 Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Chapter 22 18 Tourette Syndrome (TS) Part 23 Glossary: Terms Related to Medications and Conditions Included in This Book Part 24 List of Medications by Generic Name Part 25 Medication Diary Part 26 Bibliography Part 27 Index Part 28 About the Author