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Your independent, respected source for information about medications and natural therapies.

Medication side effects are the #4 leading cause of death in the U.S. annually (JAMA 1998). Yet, few people receive adequate information when medication is prescribed. This website is dedicated to providing information to help you and your doctor make informed, intelligent choices about medications and natural alternatives to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of treatment. Note: This website is free of drug company or government influence. Jay S. Cohen M.D.

Category: Health and Wellness

Treatment Without Harm: What You Need to Know About Medicines and Their Use?

Few people think about how the medicine “works” when they take a pill for a particular ailment. Even worse, when a drug is not prescribed by a doctor and you practice self-medication, improper use of drugs and the drug resistance can become global problems that can lead to the fact that the drugs will no […]

BOOKS:

HOW WE CAN HALT THE CIPRO AND LEVAQUIN CATASTROPHE: THE WORST MEDICATION DISASTER IN U.S. HISTORY. Paperback, October 25, 2015

New revelations on the failure of the medical profession, drug companies, and FDA. New ideas and new direction for people who need treatment for fluoroquinolone toxicity syndrome.
OVER DOSE: THE CASE AGAINST THE DRUG COMPANIES: PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, SIDE EFFECTS, & YOUR HEALTH. How to Prevent Side Effects from the Drugs You Take. Tarcher/Putnam, New York: 2001. (Excellent reviews including from The Journal of the American Medical Association)
THE PROSTATE CANCER BREAKTHROUGH: NEW TESTS, NEW TREATMENTS, THEIR OPTIONS. What to Do and the Order in Which to Do It. Reduce the Necessity for Prostate Cancer Surgery or Radiation by 75% or More. A Best-seller Since Its Initial Publication in 2012.
15 PROVEN-EFFECTIVE NATURAL REMEDIES FOR MIGRAINE HEADACHES IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN. SAFER THAN THE DRUGS AND ALSO HELPS HARD TO TREAT ABDOMINAL MIGRAINES IN CHILDREN. SAFER THAN THE DRUGS. And Also Helps Hard-To-Treat Abdominal Migraines In Children That Are Frequently Misdiagnosed and Overtreated with Drugs. 2012.
WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT STATIN DRUGS AND THEIR NATURAL ALTERNATIVES: THE PRECISION-PRESCRIBING METHOD FOR REDUCING CHOLESTEROL AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN SAFELY.The Precision Prescribing Method For Reducing Cholesterol and C-Reactive Protein Safely. 2009.
NATURAL ALTERNATIVES TO STATIN MEDICATIONS THAT WORK AS EFFECTIVELY AND MORE SAFELY AND THAN DRUGS. 2007.
THE MAGNESIUM SOLUTION FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: HOW TO USE MAGNESIUM TO PREVENT & RELIEVE HYPERTENSION NATURALLY, 2004.
THE AMERICAN GARDEN GUIDEBOOK, A Guide to America's Finest Gardens for the General Traveler. Evans and Company, New York. Volume I, 1987; Volume II, 1988. Written by Jay S. Cohen M.D. with Everitt Miller, America's Foremost Horticulturalist and Director of the World Famous Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, outside of Philadelphia. Out of Print.