We’ve all seen the headlines: prescription drugs can kill you. Many of us know someone whose life depends on prescription drugs—it may be your husband, who takes sleeping pills to counter the anxiety his heart medications cause him, or your aging father, who takes upwards of twenty pills a day for everything from arthritis to high blood pressure. In this groundbreaking book, author and fifth-generation pharmacist Armon B. Neel, Jr., has all the answers you need to be certain that you and your loved ones are getting the right dosage of the right medicine.

As a consulting pharmacist, Neel visits hospitals and nursing homes daily to counsel patients on how their prescriptions may be interacting dangerously with one another and how to reduce the number of medications they’re taking. Are Your Prescriptions Killing You?, a book that “could not be more timely or important” (Library Journal), reveals everything you need to know about the risks, dangers, and benefits of prescription drugs. Writing with veteran journalist Bill Hogan, Neel arms you with the most effective questions to ask doctors and clearly outlines how to minimize your risks.

With his approachable and trustworthy neighborhood pharmacist style, Neel makes the complicated world of prescriptions more manageable. Are Your Prescriptions Killing You? is an essential guide for anyone who depends on prescription medications, and reading it may save a loved one’s life.

“If anything can make you hoist yourself out of that beach chair and go find a pen, this is the book that will do it.” —New York Times