The Prescribed Drug Guide -
A Holistic Perspective

Chinese medicine reviews:

“The overwhelming majority of our patients take one drug or another. It is essential for the complementary practitioner to understand how such drugs alter the symptomatology of the patient. Dr Gascoigne’s Prescribed Drug Guide is an invaluable and essential guide to understanding the side-effects of drugs in a way that is uniquely tailored to the complementary practitioner. No complementary health practitioner can afford to be without it.”
- Giovanni Maciocia  C.Ac.(Nanjing), Acupuncturist and Medical Herbalist;  Visiting Professor Nanjing University, China; Author

 “A highly commendable book from Dr Gascoigne. He has given very detailed and clear summaries of the major disease categories treated with pharmaceutical drugs.  This is sure to become a valuable source of reference for all CAM practitioners wishing to understand the nature and actions of their patient's medications.”

-Nguyen Tinh Thong, Former Principal and Founder of The London Academy of Oriental Medicine

 “Dr. Stephen Gascoigne has made very important contributions to the practice of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the West. He is a medical doctor who is highly trained in Chinese medicine – both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, and has extensive experience treating illnesses, including very serious illnesses, with these modalities. He is also a dedicated teacher of CAM practitioners, imparting those aspects of conventional medicine that he judges CAM practitioners need to know to practice responsibly and safely. What makes Dr. Gascoigne particularly remarkable is his commitment to using CAM in situations in which many CAM practitioners would be content for their patients to continue receiving conventional medical care. From his deep understanding of both conventional medicine and CAM, Dr. Gascoigne has found that in many instances, conventional medical care may fail to cure, or even contribute to, disease, while CAM can cure it or alleviate its manifestations more safely. The problem for many CAM practitioners is that their knowledge of conventional medicine is inadequate for them to judge the optimal use of conventional medicine alongside CAM treatment. Dr. Gascoigne has made it an important part of his practice as a healer to provide CAM practitioners with knowledge they need to make these judgements in a professionally responsible and safe manner.

In his book ‘The Prescribed Drug Guide - A Holistic Perspective’, Dr. Gascoigne continues his exposition of conventional medicine for CAM practitioners by providing very thorough coverage of drugs used in conventional medicine. He adds to material that would be found in standard books of pharmaceutical drugs by discussing with greater emphasis the problems that drugs can cause, classifying drugs according to their strength of action, and providing guidelines on how to reduce the dosage drugs when a person is receiving CAM treatment. As with his ‘The Clinical Medicine Guide – A Holistic Perspective’, Dr. Gascoigne provides fascinating and illuminating case histories, illustrating his points.

Dr. Gascoigne is a truly pioneering healer, whose works deserve a place on the bookshelf of every CAM practitioner.”