PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - The medicine you take AID - 10.1136/dtb.16.17.68-a DP - 1978 Aug 18 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 68--68 VI - 16 IP - 17 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/16/17/68.2.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/16/17/68.2.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1978 Aug 18; 16 AB - We rarely review books, but in this one Laurence and Black write clearly and authoritatively about the benefits and risks of using drugs; how new drugs are developed; the role of industry; the government control of medicines and the problems of prescribing and drug consumption. It also contains a glossary of technical terms used in the book, which is helpful for the lay reader.