Medications are an important component of health care, but each year their misuse results in over a million adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits as well as ...

Obesity can alter the action of many types of medications in ways affecting safety and/or efficacy, but this often isn’t mentioned in the labels. Experts in obesity and pharmacology are trying to ...

Federal law requires every prescription drug to include a document describing dosing guidelines, contraindications, results ...

The FDA has proposed placing strong warning labels on many over-the-counter painkillers, cautioning patients about the risks of possible liver failure from taking them too often. More than 200 million ...

CredibleMeds, a valuable resource for prescribing physicians, now includes information from FDA drug labels to inform prescribers of any ECG monitoring recommendations, warnings for use in congenital ...

For years, American consumers have been bombarded with overhyped advertising for prescription drugs. On average, they spend more time watching drug ads on TV -- 16 hours a year -- than talking with ...

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