Painkillers

More than 15 million Americans are in chronic pain and most take prescription or nonprescription painkillers on a daily basis. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full color illustrations this title examines How Do Painkillers Affect the Body? What are the Dangers of Painkillers? How Effective is Government Oversight of Painkillers? and Are There Alternatives to Using Painkillers? Presents a concise overview on issues associated with painkillers; and contains primary source quotes and statistics on topics, including how they affect the body, their dangers, government oversight, and alternatives