This hard-hitting expose does for prescription drugs what "Silent Spring" did for pesticides, revealing the hidden dangers of the most commonly prescribed medications--and what the consumer can do to minimize the risks of serious side effects.

Cocky Sheila Jones, a well-respected pharmacist to most in her hometown, would summarize her life into three simple words: successful, happy, and perfect. However, those closest to her would beg to differ. What she doesn’t realize is that the words chaotic, horrific, and painful are about to become an addition to her vocabulary. Come take a brief yet entertaining glimpse into the world of pharmacy and peer into the life of a woman who is about to receive the reality check of a lifetime. Experience a combination of emotions along the way, which will lead to a finale that no one, especially Sheila, would have ever seen coming.

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A book about the hilarious side of being ridiculously diseased - laughing through life and encouraging others to do the same. This is not a book about a disease itself, nor does it have any 'woe is me' or forced epiphanies on the meaning of life and health. It's a book about sobbing student nurses wielding sharp needles, falling hospital elevators, having to be surgically removed from your own sweater for an X-ray and support group brawls. About getting my whole family pulled off into a cement bunker at British customs for being more radioactive than a truck full of Russian nails. It's about sneaking nachos into the hospital at seven in the morning and making sweet, sweet love to the back of a parked taxi while having a stroke. This is a book about laughing and joyfully embracing the bizarre and the truly funny side of being ridiculously, incurably diseased. So sit back, take a hit off your oxygen tank and get ready to laugh at the funny side of falling apart. At the very least you'll never look at a bed pan or an IV pole the same way again.

Raises key questions about topics in the pharmaceutical industry, including how the risks of side effects are weighed, if privatization of that risk is prudent, and the high prices for drugs.