Pills That Work, Pills That Don't: Demanding and Getting the Best and Safest Medications for You and Your FamilyAs a new century approaches, better living through pharmacology has become a way of life. Approximately two thirds of all physician visits result in a drug prescription. In 1996 alone, physicians wrote 2. 8 billion prescriptions about eight prescriptions for every person in this country. New superdrugs and forms of treatment generate front page coverage and have become household names, but how much do we really know about these new drugs, their