It may seem simple: You’re feeling miserable from being under the weather with the flu, so you go to your nearest drugstore to pick up over-the-counter cold and flu medicine to give you some relief ...

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 ...

Many prescription abbreviations originate from Latin terms. But, pharmacists translate these into plain language on medication labels so you can understand the instructions clearly. The use of ...

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 ...

Prescription abbreviations like "qd," "hs," or "bid" are important to know because they are often used in medication instructions. Your pharmacist can help you understand these abbreviations and ...

The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 was enacted to provide financial incentives to stimulate drug development for rare diseases. In recent years, concerns have been raised regarding these orphan drugs, ...