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 ...

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," ...

“Take two tablets by mouth twice daily.” This printed instruction, common on prescription pill bottles, might seem straightforward. Yet in a study, nearly half of patients misunderstood what it or ...