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 ...

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 ...

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

As many as half of all Americans with chronic diseases like hypertension and depression don’t take their medications as prescribed. And more than 100,000 people die due to medication nonadherence each ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prescription abbreviations like qd, hs, or bid can sometimes be found on your medication labels. These abbreviations are derived from the Latin words for "every day," "at bedtime," and "twice daily," ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Citizens can petition the FDA to update an approved drug’s label, including removing a boxed warning. Successful ...